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Physics explains why humans can walk through crowded places and not spill their coffee – Physics World
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They found that for weak oscillations, there was a sharp switch between in phase and antiphase control at the system’s resonant frequency – something that they said can be fully understood using linear systems control theory. For stronger oscillations, the duo discovered a transition region, rich in behaviour, where the motions of the cart and pendulum are not synchronized.

Watch "28,000 Year Nuclear Waste Battery? Diamond Batteries Explained" on YouTube
youtu.be/VWwKqSzakYU

Watch "A Star in a Bottle: The Quest for Commercial Fusion" on YouTube
youtu.be/WdoI1X5m96s

information theory, biology, physics, origins of life 

Biology/Physics folks, what do you think of the ideas in this article (published 2 years ago)?

quantamagazine.org/the-computa

I have a feature in this month’s Physics World on the role of free-and-open-source software in physics research.

Do read it and let me know what you think!

physicsworld.com/a/standing-on

Watch "Construction's Graphene Revolution Has (Finally) Begun" on YouTube
youtu.be/n82_NsFjj_8

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