
Fearless
Invisibilia
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Is It Just an Isotropic Friction?
David hugh and his team tried to figure out why snakes move so fast. They found that the snake had a special kind of friction, but it didn't explain their speed. So they decided to put them in sock-like positions for an experiment. The results were surprising - one was only moving half as fast as the other. Now David has come up with what he thinks is the real answer. It's called 'schrech stuff' or scary stuff.
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