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I agree its a bad headline. Maybe "Dandelion Seeds Fly Using Method Not Previously Described in Nature", because: 1. Of course its been _observed_ before. As
by repiret 8y ago
I agree its a bad headline. Maybe "Dandelion Seeds Fly Using Method Not Previously Described in Nature", because:
1. Of course its been _observed_ before. As the video points out, just about every kid has observed it. The claim is really that nobody has previously understood the physics of it.
2. There's nothing impossible about it, clearly. Moreover, the article doesn't claim that people had previously analyzed the seeds behavior and came to the conclusion that it defies physics.
- the8472 8y agoThe vortex may not have been observed since air is mostly transparent.
- whoopdedo 8y agoOr that no one had been able to answer, "What makes dandelion seeds fly?" because no one had asked the question before. At least not asked it in a way that prompted someone to look at a floating dandelion seed close enough to notice the vortex.