Concussion research is usually the domain of medical science, but a group of physicists in France decided to tackle the subject in a very… tactile way. They banged a beaker full of water with a hammer, hoping to better understand the forces and motions involved in head trauma.
NFL teams across the U.S. have this weekend taken to the grid iron in an effort to scratch another W against their names. These players will play the same as any other Sunday, and like any other Sunday, the sport’s biggest threat will remain unaddressed. Sixty-nine concussions have already been…