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BBC To Air First Televised Sperm Race

Posted by timothy on from the reality-teevee dept.

weekendwarrior1980 writes "BBC 3, a digital TV channel in the UK, is televising a race involving the sperm of presenters Dr Mike Leahy and Zeron Gibson. The sperm race will be part of the educational Lab Rats series. Gibson is a comedian and Leahy is a scientist. The network considers this a 'creative risk' but wants to reach out to an audience that avoids educational shows. The show will be broadcasted on April 15th at 2330 BST. Future shows will examine sleep deprivation and centrifugal force."

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  1. Re:CENTRIPETAL FORCE by Captain+Nitpick · · Score: 3, Informative
    Centripetal force is a resultant force (since in circular motion an object undergoes constant acceleration). As used in most physics classes (etc.), it is introduced as a compensatory fictional force that makes a non-inertial frame of reference seem like an inertial one.

    Centripetal force is real. If there was no centripetal force, there would be no acceleration, and the object in question would not follow a circular path. In the classic "bucket on a rope" example, the centripetal force on the bucket is applied by the rope.

    Centrifugal "force" is not the counter-force to centripetal force, and indeed, can exist even in the absence of centripetal force.

    --
    But then again, I could be wrong.
  2. Re:CENTRIPETAL FORCE by kidgenius · · Score: 2, Informative

    Centripetal is a real force. It is the force from the body to the center of it's rotation. It's normal to the direction of travel.
    Centrifugal force should be called by it's real name, which is easier to pronounce....inertia

  3. Re:BBC3 by Gossy · · Score: 4, Informative

    But I still want to be able to watch DVDs on my widescreem TV. Doh! That will make me a criminal. Because the TV will theoretically be "capable of receiving a television signal" (because I could plug a portable aerial into it) I'll be legally obliged to pay for a TV license, even though I'll never watch television.

    You'll be glad to hear then that you're wrong. :)

    Remove the aerial, detune the TV (just reset the channel data), and notify the TV Licensing guys. Tell them your TV is only being used for DVDs/games and you then you don't have to pay. This info hidden away on the TVL site somewhere, and it's what I did.

    They emailed me back to say they'd come round and check (they haven't), and that i'd be noted in the database so they don't send me letters demanding I pay up.