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Physicists Explain Golf’s Lip-Outs, Mapping When Putts Pop Back Out

Researchers say the result depends on which angular momentum wins—pitching into the cup or rotating around the rim.

PNAS Study Finds Soft Coral Uses Natural Jamming to Switch From Flexible to Rigid

Peer-Reviewed Study Says Rapa Nui’s Moai Were ‘Walked’ Upright Into Place

Lantern-Inspired Polymer Meta-Unit Rapidly Snaps Into Dozens of Shapes