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I wonder if someone made a mistake with unit conversions... The next paragraph says: > The results: over half of the eggs broke when dropped vertically from an

by javman 1y ago

I wonder if someone made a mistake with unit conversions... The next paragraph says: > The results: over half of the eggs broke when dropped vertically from an 8-millimeter (31-inch) height 31 inches is 0.8m, not 8mm. Maybe they meant to say 0.8, 0.9, 1.0 meters? Strange.

SamBam 1y ago
Yet the image ("Experimental snapshots for vertical (top) and horizontal (bottom) egg drops.") definitely appears to show something closer to 8mm, assuming the black area is the table. Edit: Reading the paper [1] it's definitely 8mm. The ArsTechnica writer screwed up the conversion to inches. Should be 0.31". 1. https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-025-02087-0 https://www.nature.com/articles/s42005-025-02087-0
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