Episode 1
What Makes a Boomerang Keep Coming Back?
This week we find out why boomerangs keep coming back, and ask would a plane on a treadmill still take off, and who gets to the bottom of a hill first - a freewheeling fat or thin cyclist?
Question of the Week, from the Naked Scientists
January 13, 20084m 1s
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Show Notes
This week we find out why boomerangs keep coming back, and ask would a plane on a treadmill still take off, and who gets to the bottom of a hill first - a freewheeling fat or thin cyclist? Like this podcast? Please help us by supporting the Naked Scientists
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