Looking for some interesting mysteries to slice? Maybe pondering over these interesting questions may keep you intrigued.



You are a bit taller while sleeping than standing?



This statement might seem preposterous at first, but any idea , no matter how crazy it seems to be, should be tested. Do a fun little activity , at home, take a measuring tape and measure your height standing , with some degree of uncertainty. now , with the same tape, measure your height sleeping . You will notice, that this idea that seems ridiculous at first, turns out is actually true.



YOU ARE A LITTLE BIT TALLER(MAYBE INCHES)SLEEPING THAN STANDING!!!



But why is this so? Before reading this answer, think over it. Ponder over the question, think about the world we live in from a new point of view!



So turns out, the vertebrae in our spine is made up of soft tissue, and while standing Gravity compresses the tissue, but when you sleep horizontally, they expand.



This was not known by the scientists at NASA for a long time, the astronauts used to complain their space suits get tighter. Now these suits are made such a way to take care of the expanding tissues.





While ice skating , how to approach a friend fallen in a hole?







How do you approach them to remove them from the hole?



Again , before reading the answer think hard about the question !



So suppose you casually approach the hole , chances are that because of the pressure you might actually end up breaking the ice!(hahaha pun intended)



We know that Pressure is Force per unit Area , or Force applied in a given Area, so if the area you cover increases, the pressure decreases. This means that best way would be to lay down on the ice, to spread your surface area and then approach the friend to help them.





Richard Feynman and the cue stick







Have you ever played pool? Well Richard Feynman has a few tips for you. When holding the cue stick, hold it at its center of mass, to get rid of unintentional Torques. But how to find the COM?



The center of mass of a cue stick is the point where the weight of the stick is balanced or equal on both the sides. So here is how you find it. Hold your index fingers parallel and atleast 1 feet part, now place the cue stick on the index finger and slowly bring them closer. Try this out at home with a stick or a scale, its fun!



This works because as one of the fingers come closer, there is more weight on it. Hence more friction, so it stops and the other one starts sliding and vice versa. There's many more Feynman tricks , but maybe some other time.





Physics is fun, because it helps us see the world from a new point of view. It makes mundane and day to day things interesting , and to me , it is a pleasure to come up with unique ideas and present it! So imagine you are ice skating with a friend , and suddenly you notice that they fell into a hole!How do you approach them to remove them from the hole?Again , before reading the answer think hard about the question !So suppose you casually approach the hole , chances are that because of the pressure you might actually end up breaking the ice!(hahaha pun intended)We know that Pressure is Force per unit Area , or Force applied in a given Area, so if the area you cover increases, the pressure decreases. This means that best way would be to lay down on the ice, to spread your surface area and then approach the friend to help them.Have you ever played pool? Well Richard Feynman has a few tips for you. When holding the cue stick, hold it at its center of mass, to get rid of unintentional Torques. But how to find the COM?The center of mass of a cue stick is the point where the weight of the stick is balanced or equal on both the sides. So here is how you find it. Hold your index fingers parallel and atleast 1 feet part, now place the cue stick on the index finger and slowly bring them closer. Try this out at home with a stick or a scale, its fun!This works because as one of the fingers come closer, there is more weight on it. Hence more friction, so it stops and the other one starts sliding and vice versa. There's many more Feynman tricks , but maybe some other time.Physics is fun, because it helps us see the world from a new point of view. It makes mundane and day to day things interesting , and to me , it is a pleasure to come up with unique ideas and present it!

"The diversity of the phenomena of nature is so great, and the treasures hidden in the heavens so rich, precisely in order that the human mind shall never be lacking in fresh nourishment." -Johannes Kepler



Article by: Shanawaz Shaikh (F.Y.BSC)