In this, the latest installment of Smarter Every Day, Destin explores the controversial physics of curling. His opening observations on the spin of a circular interface’s effect on the path of ...

Not just shuffleboard on ice. More than just sweeping. Curling is an Olympic phenomenon that takes a surprising amount of skill, strategy, balance, and, you guessed it, science! Take its namesake ...

By Hamish Johnston. Apologies to our many Canadian readers, because this blog entry is not about that kind of curling – you can read about the physics of the winter sport here.. Instead, I’m blogging ...

Mark Shegelski of the University of Northern British Columbia talks with podcast host Steve Mirsky about the physics of curling, currently taking its turn on the world stage at the Vancouver Olympics.

It turns out that curling involves some complex physics. [Destin] of Smarter Every Day has jumped in to find out why scientists on opposite sides of the Atlantic disagree about why curling stones ...

Sweeping can warm the ice by about 1.5 degrees, Jenkyn said, and reduces friction for the curling rock. Jenkyn is studying the physics of curling using an infrared camera as part of the Canada's ...

Curling is kind of different, but it’s Exciting. It’s not as easy as it looks. It takes some skills that’s for sure. I like it! — Mr. T (@MrT) February 11, 2018 And of course, people are ...

Curling is somewhat of a mystifying sport to some of us - how really do you play and are there any rules? Let's take a closer look and learn about the physics involved in this unique sport that you ...

Curling, A Great Physics Mystery. Clip: Season 45 | 4m 32s. To physicists, curling presents the most puzzling conundrum in the Olympic Games. Aired 02/28/2018 ...

Anne Juel of the University of Manchester in the UK, meanwhile, helped us all become better present wrappers with her talk on the physics of “ribbon curling”. If you are not sure how exactly those ...

But one Olympic sport — curling — is as much about strategy and physics as physicality. Curling is some combination of bowling, bocce ball, billiards and chess — all on ice.

Physics of ribbon curling unravelled. Published. 15 March 2016. Share. close panel. Share page. Copy link. About sharing. ... only increased curling up to a point. This, Prof Juel explained, ...