Secrets of the 'Levitating' Slinky: Viral web videos trigger physicists to explore a striking phenomenon
Thursday, December 22, 2011 - 07:30
in Physics & Chemistry
While holiday shoppers search frantically for the Moshi Monsters, LeapPad Explorers, or Lalaloopsy Silly Hair dolls atop their children's wish lists, many physicists remain engrossed in the properties of a simple 1940s-era toy -- the Slinky.