How Do Finger Snaps Work?

Today, you’ll learn about a super exciting space program, blasting off in a few months, that will take us back to the moon for the first time in 50 years, how the simple snap of your fingers actually involves some cool physics and the chemistry behind the skunky stank of cannabis.

To the Moon Artemis

• Artemis-I
  • https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Artemis
  • https://www.nasa.gov/specials/artemis/
• Artemis Program
  • https://www.nasa.gov/artemisprogram
• Around the Moon with NASA’s First Launch of SLS with Orion
  • https://www.nasa.gov/feature/around-the-moon-with-nasa-s-first-launch-of-sls-with-orion
• NASA Readies Rocket for Artemis I Wet Dress Rehearsal
  • https://www.nasa.gov/feature/nasa-readies-rocket-for-artemis-i-wet-dress-rehearsal
• The Artemis Plan
  • https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/artemis_plan-20200921.pdf
• Rocket Weight and Thrust
  • https://www.nasa.gov/sites/default/files/atoms/files/sls_reference_guide_2022_web.pdf
• NASA's Artemis 1 moon rocket reaches the launch pad by Brendan Byrne
  • https://www.npr.org/2022/03/18/1087417075/nasas-artemis-1-moon-rocket-reaches-the-launch-pad
• NASA's Artemis program will land the first person of color on the moon by Ashley Strickland
  • https://www.cnn.com/2021/04/09/world/nasa-artemis-person-of-color-crew-scn/index.html
• NASA's Artemis 1 moon megarocket rolls out to the launch pad today and you can watch it live by Chelsea Gohd
  • https://www.space.com/artemis-1-moon-megarocket-rollout-webcast
• Why NASA’s new ‘Mega Moon Rocket’ is so incredible by Adam Mann
  • https://www.livescience.com/megamoon-rocket-is-incredible
• SpaceX Starship: Stunning Concept Art Reveals NASA’s New Lunar Lander by Mike Brown
  • https://www.inverse.com/innovation/spacex-starship-nasa-new-concept-art
• Inventions we use everyday that were actually created for space exploration by Josie Green
  • https://www.usatoday.com/story/money/2019/07/08/space-race-inventions-we-use-every-day-were-created-for-space-exploration/39580591/
• How Heavy Is A School Bus? (Empty And Full) by Measuring Stuff
  • https://measuringstuff.com/how-heavy-is-a-school-bus-empty-and-full/#:~:text=On%20average%2C%20an%20empty%20school,the%20weight%20of%20the%20passengers.

Oh Snap! 

• New high-speed video reveals the physics of a finger snap by Emily Conover
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/finger-snap-physics-new-high-speed-video-thanos
• The Surprising Physics of Finger Snapping by Karen Hopkin
  • https://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode/the-surprising-physics-of-finger-snapping/
• The ultrafast snap of a finger is mediated by skin friction by Raghav Acharya, Elio J. Challita, Mark Ilton and M. Saad Bhamla
  • https://royalsocietypublishing.org/rsif/doi/10.1098/rsif.2021.0672
• How a Single Finger Snap Became a Scientific Game-Changer by Cayla Mihalovich
  • https://www.webmd.com/brain/news/20220224/finger-snap-a-scientific-achievement
• Snapping your fingers is a move worthy of a professional athlete by Elana Spivack
  • https://www.popsci.com/science/finger-snapping-physics/

The Funky Skunk of Cannabis

• Why does cannabis smell skunky? by John Arnst
  • https://www.livescience.com/why-cannabis-smells-like-skunk
• Great News, Scientists Finally Figured Out Why Cannabis Smells 'Skunky' by Carly Cassella
  • https://www.sciencealert.com/we-finally-know-why-cannabis-smells-skunk-y-and-the-answer-could-hold-health-benefits
• Here’s the chemistry behind marijuana’s skunky scent by Ariana Remmel
  • https://www.sciencenews.org/article/marijuana-skunk-smell-cannabis-pot-plant-chemistry

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