The Magnetic Mystery
Curious Cases
Neodymium Magnets
This is the little tiny black square crystal has been placed on top of a very strong magnet. Earnshaw's theorem says that you can't statically levitate ferromagnet. So this is like a... Oh gosh. I mean in many ways a really mini mini mini version of the Maglev train that we're talking about. It's so satisfying. How smoothly it floats on top. And yet you said this was impossible. You certainly are. But anyway carry on.
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