When you have people who have a different physiology enter a sport, more people like that enter the sport. imagine how many lanky Jamaican kids right now are running sprints because of Usain Bolt. Imagine how many gangly kids are swimming because of Phelps. I think when you look at basketball, think about the origins of basketball. It's a bunch of short white guys hanging around and then going for a cigarette afterwards.
Could you play Quidditch on Jupiter? Javelin on Mars? Neil deGrasse Tyson and co-hosts Chuck Nice and Gary O’Reilly answer fan questions about low-gravity physics, the weight of Thor’s hammer, aerodynamics and more with astrophysicist Charles Liu.
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