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Solution to the 'Spinning Egg' Problem

Posted by timothy on from the hard-boiled-science dept.

SuperAbe writes: "According to an article in this week's issue of the journal Nature, mathematicians Keith Moffatt of the University of Cambridge and Yutaka Shimomura of Keio University, Yokohama, Japan have discovered why hard-boiled eggs spun on their side stand on end spontaneously: friction."

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  1. Raise your hands by nosferatu-man · · Score: 5, Funny

    ... everyone who *knew* that there was a "spinning egg" problem.

    Peace,
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