SciFri Radio: Mechanics

SciFri Radio: Newton and the Counterfeiter
Isaac Newton is known as one of the world's greatest scientists, developing the three laws that define the way motion works. But did you know that...

SciFri Videos: Mechanics

Video: A Robot Ready For The Beach
Sand is difficult terrain for robots to navigate. Looking to lizards and cockroaches for clues, Daniel Goldman, a physicist at Georgia Institute of...

Video: Slithering: It's In The Scales
Fifty years ago biologists hypothesized that snakes slither by pushing their bodies against branches and debris. But how do snakes slither on...

Video: A Little Airplane That Flies Itself
This small unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) takes off like a helicopter but flies like an airplane. The vehicle, named V-Bat, can fly at over 100 mph...

SciFri Newsbriefs: Mechanics

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Music from Preliner Archives. Audio engineering by Christopher Intagliata. Filmed and produced by Flora Lichtman. Additional imagery courtesy of American Institute of Stress.

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