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The Levitating Slinky — A Simple System, a Mind-blowing Result

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Hi-speed cameras provide an amazing way to view things our eyes are too slow to adequately capture. Here, the way a slinky that’s been extended actually falls — and how the inherent tension of the spring creates a levitating effect — might just leave your jaw on the floor.

Watch this one more than once. It’s worth it.

(Hat tip to DC for the link.)

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About Kent Anderson

I am the CEO/Publisher of the Journal of Bone & Joint Surgery, Inc. Prior to this, I was an executive at the New England Journal of Medicine. I also was Director of Medical Journals at the American Academy of Pediatrics.

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