Category: Science
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Can Bubbling Water Really Make It Impossible To Swim? | MythBusters
Adam and the team scale up to a massive bubbler and discover that while mild aeration only makes swimming slightly harder, the real danger appears when the compressors unleash violent upward currents.
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Building a System To Improve UVA Swim Starts | UVA Engineering
A team of fourth-year students in UVA’s Charles L. Brown Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering found themselves with a one-of-kind capstone project: build a starting block to improve the starting times of UVA’s elite swimmers.
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How Water Makes This Town Flood-Proof | WSJ Pro Perfected
Many Florida homes can withstand category 5 hurricane winds, but not flooding. Babcock Ranch, a town near Fort Myers and Cape Coral, has stayed mostly unscathed during major storms like Hurricane Irma, Ian, Milton and Helene.
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Surfing The Ocean’s Biggest Waves | BBC Earth Science
With waves coming from different angles when surfing at Nazaré in Portugal, things here can get extremely dangerous. What creates these ginormous waves and why are they so deadly?
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This Is Why ‘Ocean Ramsey’ Is Bad for Sharks | Shark Bytes
Join marine biologist and shark scientist Kristian Parton as he discusses why shark influencer Ocean Ramsey is bad for sharks. Kristian looks into the impact of shark influencers on sharks, and how people like Ocean Ramsey might actually be harming, and not helping them.
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How Exercise May Be the ‘Most Potent Medical Intervention Ever Known’ | PBS NewsHour
It’s been well known for many decades that exercise provides many benefits to our health. But a new scientific consortium is revealing new insights into just how profound exercise can be for the human body. William Brangham discussed more with Euan Ashley, a professor of cardiovascular medicine and genetics at Stanford University and the newly…
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What if We Put a Pool on the Moon? | XDCD
What if there were a lake on the Moon? What would it be like to swim in it? Presuming that it’s sheltered in a regular atmosphere, in some giant dome or something.
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Should Outdoor Swimming Be Funded Like Antidepressants? | TVNZ+
Social media is convinced, now science is seeing huge benefits in cold water therapy.