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Soft matter and liquids

Soft matter and liquids

How to keep a skipping stone on a steady path across water

01 May 2021
Photo of people skipping stones
Physics in action: two people skipping stones on a picturesque lake in New Zealand. (Courtesy: Stewart Nimmo/CC BY-SA 4.0)
The physics that allows spinning stones to skip across the surface of water has been thoroughly anal

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Sam Jarman is a science writer based in the UK
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