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gravity – Would a light or a heavy ball roll fastest down a slope? – Physics Stack Exchange

January 28, 2017

http://physics.stackexchange.com/questions/19552/would-a-light-or-a-heavy-ball-roll-fastest-down-a-slope

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both balls should have same acceleration (and therefore same velocity and displacement).
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However, if there’s air drag, their acceleration depends on the radius and the mass of the ball, so not enough information is given for this case. If the balls are of the same material (same density ρρ), the larger one comes down faster than the smaller one.
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Steven Weinberg: the 13 best science books for the general reader | Books | The Guardian

January 28, 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/books/2015/apr/03/steven-weinberg-13-best-science-books-general-reader

Princess Margaret, Countess of Snowdon – Wikipedia

January 28, 2017

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Princess_Margaret,_Countess_of_Snowdon

Wearables Could Soon Know You’re Sick Before You Do | WIRED

January 23, 2017

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/wearables-know-youre-sick/

The Demon Voice That Can Talk to Your Smartphone – The Atlantic

January 23, 2017

https://www.theatlantic.com/technology/archive/2017/01/the-demon-voice-that-can-talk-to-your-smartphone/513743/?utm_source=atltw

The AIDS crisis in America… | The Economist

January 22, 2017

http://www.economist.com/news/books-and-arts/21714969-and-why-it-took-so-long-solve-aids-crisis-america

How statistics lost their power – and why we should fear what comes next | William Davies | Politics | The Gua rdian

January 22, 2017

https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2017/jan/19/crisis-of-statistics-big-data-democracy

Samsung Finally Reveals Why the Galaxy Note 7 Kept Exploding | WIRED

January 22, 2017

https://www.wired.com/2017/01/why-the-samsung-galaxy-note-7-kept-exploding/

The woes of being a wallflower: The paradoxical life of the shy artist | The Economist

January 22, 2017

http://www.economist.com/blogs/prospero/2017/01/woes-being-wallflower?fsrc=scn/tw/te/bl/ed/thewoesofbeingawallflowertheparadoxicallifeoftheshyartist

Crowd Scientists Say Women’s March in Washington Had 3 Times as Many People as Trump’s Inauguration – The Ne w York Times

January 22, 2017

https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2017/01/22/us/politics/womens-march-trump-crowd-estimates.html