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Things You Thought You Knew – Kicked into Orbit

StarTalk Radio

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How to Balance a High Wire Walker

Neil Gaiman writes on a high wire and then puts it on a bike. He explains how the balance pole is floppy, not rigid as you might think. The center of mass always stays in one place to keep the bicycle upright. Now he shows us how to put that same balancing system on a motorcycle.

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