The article doesn't seem to go into the actual physics too much. It instead links to a blog post [0] and another article [1] that go into more detail. I recomme

The article doesn't seem to go into the actual physics too much. It instead links to a blog post [0] and another article [1] that go into more detail. I recommend reading these over the gizmodo one. [0] http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/physicists-on-ice-exploring-the-physics-of-curling/ http://blogs.scientificamerican.com/cocktail-party-physics/p... [1] http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/physics-of-curling.html http://www.real-world-physics-problems.com/physics-of-curlin...