If all goes as scheduled, Sir Isaac Newton’s apple tree – which inspired him to formulate his Universal Law of Gravitation – will launch to space next Friday at 2.20pm Eastern Time (Saturday, 4.20am AEST). Not the whole tree, mind you, but just this piece:
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Sometimes you don’t need a sound synthesiser to create rhythms and music. When you have talent and a video editing software, anything can be your instrument. Including balls. All kinds of them.
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Equipped with a marble, some wood, and the principles of potential energy, kinetic energy and gravity, one man built a remarkable machine that warps your very sense of what’s physically possible. Prepare yourself, then hit the clip at 2:30.
In order to study the long-term effects of micro-gravity on the human body, NASA is looking for a few good lazy people to lie in bed all day sleeping, watching TV and playing video games.
We first told you about the QuantumGravity tourbillion back in January, but now this physics-defying watch is ready for consumption by 10 very, very rich individuals with messed up priorities.
Chinese performance artist Li Wei uses mirrors, scaffolding and steel wires to create these seriously awesome gravity-defying pictures. While some are Photoshopped post-production, mostly they’re made through the magic of thoughtful planning.
To be honest, I’m not sure what I’m looking at here. But, the manufacturer assures us that it is a watch—a watch that can defy “all laws, including that of logic and most of all, of gravity.”
Thanks to “Matt,” the guy who literally jigged his way around the world, we know that space tourists will be unable to lug Sony SR1 HD cameras into orbit because microgravity won’t let them.