Episode 3: Make Up Some Sciency Stuff to Throw Them Off | E5 & E6 of The Flash
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Bomb Chicka Wow Wow! We first discuss bombs and how they cause damage through overpressure. Cool fact: When the writing team of The Flash writes down a number, there is a 92% chance they made it up. Then we discuss the physics of fighting and go through a bunch of calculations related to supersonic punches. Hey! Don’t tune me out now! It’s fuuuuun math about puuunches, okay, listeners. Fun math. Articles: Here's the Wired article about running up buildings: https://www.wired.com/2012/07/can-you-run-up-a-wall/ A great article by FEMA about overpressure: https://www.fema.gov/pdf/plan/prevent/rms/428/fema428_ch4.pdf Why Humans Can't Run on Water: https://www.popularmechanics.com/culture/a5829/water-runner-physics-debunked/ Find the rest of our articles for the episode here: https://thatsnotscience.com/all-episodes/2018/9/20/episode-3-make-up-some-sciency-stuff-to-throw-them-off. Find us all on Twitter: Caitlin: twitter.com/CaitlinVanasse Nicole: twitter.com/NicoleLuckless TNHSW Podcast: twitter.com/TNHSWpod thatsnotscience.com
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