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Doctor Who-based Physics C blog (with a few other TV shows thrown in for fun)

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Doctor Who: The T.A.R.D.I.S.

So I've realized that with all the posts I've done on Doctor Who, I never actually looked at the theory behind how the T.A.R.D.I.S. can actually travel through time. There have actually been studies into how a time-travelling space might work in this universe and the findings have led physicists to believe it is theoretically possible for a T.A.R.D.I.S. to exist and to function as it does on the show in our universe. The research paper is called Traversable Achronal Retrograde Domains In Spac

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Scorpion Season 1 Episode 21: "Cliffhanger"

Let's talk about Ferraris. At the beginning of this episode Walter is given a Ferrari, which he immediately and excitedly points out can drive at speeds of at least 190 mph (some models can go as fast 214 mph). As one can imagine, this could turn out poorly. And turn out poorly it did. By the end of the episode and rage-filled Walter manages to send the vehicle- with him inside of course- over the side of a cliff. I will say, before I get into the physics of the crash, that the physics this time

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No, It's Not Like Throwing a Frisbee

Hello again! As you might have guessed this post is not about a TV Show (though I could probably find a movie or show that involves what I'm going to talk about). I actually want to talk about the physics behind throwing a discus. The discus throw is one of the events I compete in with the school track team, so in honor of our first meet yesterday I decided to do a blog post on it. A "disc" or discus looks like this: The larger radii are for men while the smaller, lighter discus are for w

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Yes, The One That Looks Like A Cannonball

The throwing saga continues! This post is all about shot put (the one that looks like throwing a cannonball), my other event. In this a event, throwers compete to see who can launch a weighted metal ball (8 lbs for girls, 12 lbs for guys) the farthest distance. This fairly basic projectile motion, but a lot of people struggle with it. So, here goes: Actually, I lied. This is slightly more complex projectile motion since, as the diagram shows, the release point in a height (h) off of the g

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Scorpion Season 1 Episode 7: "Father's Day"

Drones! Yes, the flying machines with four propellers that are all too popular these days surfaced in an episode of Scorpion. I thought this might be a cool opportunity to examine the physics of how drones fly. We never get a good look at the drone in the episode, but I do know that its suppose to look like a bird (Sylvester calls it "Bird-Droney"). However, for the sake of this post, I'm going to the discuss the quad-rotor model of a drone (recreational drones). They usually look something like

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