Category: Science
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Why swimming is good for your brain as well as your body
Read NY Daily News A small study by Howard Carter of the University of Western Australia School of Sport Science suggests that immersing the body in water to the level of the heart increases blood flow through the brain’s cerebral arteries, thus improving vascular health and cognitive function. “Studies on the positive effect of exercise…
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Dr. Geri Richmond: Surf, Sink or Swim
Although the special properties of water have been valued and appreciated for centuries, as scientists we continue to be perplexed by the molecular make-up of water in all its forms. Equally perplexing is the surface of water, a surface that is involved in some of most important reactions in our atmosphere, a surface that can…
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‘Physics Guy’ Cameron McEvoy interview at NSW States 2014
Cameron McEvoy interviewed by Swimming Australia after the men’s 200 freestyle at the 2014 New South Wales State Open Swimming Championships.
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Xenon: the EPO boosting Next Big Thing in ‘legal’ doping?
Read The Economist via road.cc According to an article in The Economist, Russia has been using xenon as a performance-enhancer for a few years now. A 2010 document produced by the State Research Institute of the Ministry of Defence advises on how to use the gas. Before competition it can help with listlessness and sleep…
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Behold how Derek Amato hit his head in a swim pool and became a musical savant
“Derek Amato is one of the world’s only acquired savants after a brain injury left him with the amazing ability to play piano.”
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Can you swim as fast in syrup as in water ?
“Can you swim as fast in 12,000 gallons of syrup as you can in water? Jamie Hyneman and Adam Savage swim for science.” See also The Physics of Swimming in Syrup
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What happens when you drop 2 pounds of dry ice into hot water
Courtesy of Crazy Russian Hacker and his American sidekick
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How do dolphins swim?
Read Digital Journal Dolphins swim by exerting minimum effort, according to a new study. This finding overturns an 80-year-old paradox that argues dolphins are not designed for swimming. By using bubbles in a pool, researchers have concluded that swimming dolphins generate thrust quite easily and have no need to compensate for their supposedly underpowered muscles. To show…