fossilesque@mander.xyz to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agoSperm caught breaking Newton's third law of motionwww.newscientist.comexternal-linkmessage-square9fedilinkarrow-up128arrow-down112
arrow-up116arrow-down1external-linkSperm caught breaking Newton's third law of motionwww.newscientist.comfossilesque@mander.xyz to Physics@mander.xyzEnglish · 1 year agomessage-square9fedilink
minus-squareSentau@feddit.delinkfedilinkarrow-up14·1 year agoIs this actually third law being broken or is it that the mechanism these oddly flexing microorganisms use is not well enough understood
minus-squareglibg10blinkfedilinkarrow-up16·edit-21 year agoIt seems like this article would call an F1 car with a low drag coefficient “disobeying Newton’s third law”
minus-square14th_cylon@lemm.eelinkfedilinkarrow-up7·1 year agoEverytime you are asking yourself "did I just make world changing discovery, or did I miss something? " it is time to think twice about it. While the first one does happen from time to time, the latter happens much more often.
Is this actually third law being broken or is it that the mechanism these oddly flexing microorganisms use is not well enough understood
It seems like this article would call an F1 car with a low drag coefficient “disobeying Newton’s third law”
Everytime you are asking yourself "did I just make world changing discovery, or did I miss something? " it is time to think twice about it. While the first one does happen from time to time, the latter happens much more often.