the best of the rest
Also, the science of poop’s distinctive shape, boron buckyballs, and the secret to a soccer feint.
A fully constructed conical snare of the ballista spider
Pranav Joshi
It’s a regrettable reality that there is never enough time to cover all the interesting scientific stories we come across. So every month, we highlight a handful of the best stories that nearly slipped through the cracks. June’s list includes insight into the science of soccer’s scissors feint; the physics of poo’s distinctive coiled shape; a boron buckyball; and the latest breakthrough in the ongoing Vesuvius challenge to decipher the Herculaneum scrolls.
