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- dfsiii, on 10/12/2007, -0/+6What a cool story. Now, let's try gold coins.
- robofunk, on 10/12/2007, -0/+3"The best swimmer should have the body of a snake and the arms of a gorilla,"
Trogdor anyone? Although I suppose he'd go very fast in a circle. - knightblade2oo4, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2If I ran my boat through syrup i'd imagine it getting ***** up fairly badly.
Last time I checked my boat ran fine in water.
Water 1
Syrup 0 - dielawn, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2dugg, just for the fact that they filled a pool with syrup
- mightymouse, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2Maybe they ate the syrup and it gave them more energy to swim faster in the syrup.
Ever thought of that eh? EH??? stupid scientists. - maram500, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How many participants tried to EAT their way through the syrup, I wonder... Interesting story, but really now--come on, wouldn't this be better for a MythBusters episode, like the vodka footwash (half for my feet and half for my *other* pleasure...)?
- Arramol, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2How many innocent guars did they kill to fill a pool with their syrup?! Why can't they kill some worthless kagoutis or something?
- gamekid, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Next: diving through air or melted chocolate--which is faster? More at 11.
- rm999, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1yeah, that's interesting. I would like to see a graph of speed vs thickness of liquid.
- Cykaos, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I always wanted to fill a pool with pepsi and swim though it..
- squeevey, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1This is OLD....but i'll digg it because I went to school with the guy who did the experiment.
- Andrew12, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i want to swim in a pool of pudding
- btnheazy03, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2Careful .. . the syrup used in the experiment is going to be repackaged and resold in third world countries, along with dirt pancakes.
- Determination, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Interesting but old. "Published online: 20 September 2004"
- laddr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I won't buy it until the Mythbusters do this!
- avgbody, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I got a question: If you were to put oil all over your body, then go swimming, would you go faster??????
- Hydroxyethyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I have a serious problem with this experiment. Guar gum and water make a Non-Newtonian fluid. The viscosity of this mixture decreases the harder you push against it. On the other hand, water is Newtonian (ever try to run in waist deep water, the faster you go the harder it gets) and has a constant viscosity regardless of how hard you push (shear) it. If the swimmers were able to go ‘fast enough’ or shear the liquid mixture enough they would essentially be swimming in water. If they wanted a fair test they should have dilled the pool with silicon oil (not that I’d volunteer to do it).
- Boris008, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Maybe I missed it, but you must consider the wetted area of the body as it move through the fluid. I would think that one would float a little higher in syrup. If so the there will be less drag on the body as it moves through the fluid. This is the main reason why one can swim much faster if wearing a wet suit.
- JanesDaddy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Pictures at http://www.cems.umn.edu/research/cussler/pool/
- moisie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"There seems to be a long, painful history of television executives feeling that Americans can't understand a british accent. Well, that, and they get tired of explain what quid, lager, wingy, bog-standard, bone-idol, etc means."
It sometimes occurs to me that if Americans don't understand these English words it's because the American media seems to assume they won't and therefore erases them by redoing them. If they just left them alone people would soon pick up on them just like people from other countries pick up a lot of the US words and sayings.
"Although, there still is a Flat Earth Society."
Personally, whenever I hear mention of the Flat Earth Society I just get the picture in my minds eye of a load of people getting together and getting smashed on home brew cider. The name just comes from their drunken ramblings. - flashmaster, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow, what a waste of time. I want my click back.
- ACalcutt, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0um...i dont care if i go faster...i'm nor swimming in syrup...LOL
- RandyW, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I would like to see the experiment done with sound waves and a hydrophone.
- royeiror, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i kind of imagined these results, but then i thought about honey and how much a buble takes to go through it, and had my doubts, but quen the canceling thing was mentioned it seemed fair.
But as somoeone mentioned before about the pudding maybe a pool full of jello could do the trick "the herbaliser - sensual woman" comes to mind... anyway it would suck to drown in such a tasty thing - SweetChuck, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Actually, this sort of question is still debated by physicists today. There is lots of research on how viscus fluids behave. There was a story recently (http://exploration.nasa.gov/articles/07jun_elastic_fluids-nasakids.html) about researchers studying how ketchup moves. Fluid dynamics is cool.
Story Dugg - ketsugi, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Didn't Jon Tickle already do this on Brainiac last season?
- stimpack, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0On Braniac they also did this experiment with 2 paddling pools of water and syrup. Braniac is a very dumb show and as unscientific as you can get.
- idiggit, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Next experiment: which punch in the face has more bang between Hasim Rahman and Paris Hilton. Results may surprise.
- mandabearski, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0it's pretty cool....i want them to come up with more experiments like that one, there are neat to read
- sameyeam, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Just image getting that stuff up your nose.
- Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"But look at a similiar question: What can you swim faster in, Air, or Water?"
@ aggies
LOL yea right, let me push you off a 5 story building and see how well you swim in air. . . - TheOtherGuy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"More interestingly proves waht it takes for Nature to report something (95% headline, 5% real science)"
Yeah.. cos we all know the world's most premier scientific journal is all just fluff don't we? - aggies11, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Haven't read the article, but I suspect (for suprise value) that syrup is faster.
But look at a similiar question: What can you swim faster in, Air, or Water?
Aggies - Kitsune818, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Braniac is just starting to make it on the air here in America, the "G4" network is pushing it very heavily to compete with Mythbusters. It's somewhat entertaining, but it won't be long before they make the "domestic" version which is dreadful and everyone stops watching. It's the same thing they did with Scrapheap Challenge (a.k.a. Junkyard Wars), Changing Rooms (a.k.a. Trading Spaces), The Office, Who's line is it (a.k.a. Who's line is it anyway?) etc. etc. etc. There seems to be a long, painful history of television executives feeling that Americans can't understand a british accent. Well, that, and they get tired of explain what quid, lager, wingy, bog-standard, bone-idol, etc means. Fortunately the left Red Dwarf alone.
- djwk1928, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0lol quite interesting, the result differed from what i would of thought.
Dug!
- http://www.AlexsWebcamWorld.com - tnsimonson, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"These boys get that syrup in 'em, they get all antsy in their pantsy."
- cwcheang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Though I'm not a scientist...I'm just putting common sense together."
cracell: remember, common sense is what tells you the earth is flat :P
rockintom99: remember, common sense is ALSO what tells you the earth is NOT flat. check. - danterner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0This will be an exhibition sport at the next olympics, I hear.
- mawcs, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Woah... this article is way over my head. "It looked like snot"? That must be one of the fancy-schnacy scientific words or something. I don't get it.
- chrislewis, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wierd enough to be cool :)
- senfo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Very cool experiment.
++digg; - Cyberdactyl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0
I would love to see some footage of this. And just what is the viscosity? I can buy 4% if the thickness is "like snot". But I would have a hard time buying, "The two effects cancel each other out." if the viscosity was something like chilled honey or sour cream. . . .LOL - cwcheang, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i don't think this experiment proves anything. something is not right. somewhere.
i think. or feel. - cawpin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0""Though I'm not a scientist...I'm just putting common sense together."
cracell: remember, common sense is what tells you the earth is flat :P
rockintom99: remember, common sense is ALSO what tells you the earth is NOT flat. check."
Thank you. I'm glad somebody else got to that guy. I've been able to tell that the Earth wasn't flat since I was about 5. The first time you are out on a large "flat" you can see the curve of the Earth. And then there's globes too. I can't believe that is still an issue for people. Although, there still is a Flat Earth Society. I think they're right next door to the "We didn't go to the moon" people at 404 Idiot Way, Anyway, Norway. - GhettoCash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i don't think the test was good.
- Parky, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0More interestingly proves waht it takes for Nature to report something (95% headline, 5% real science).
- OldVillain, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The saying goes: 'Like swimming through treacle' ...and not syrup! Treacle is much more think and sticky than syrup.
- RickySan65, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Does is matter?, apart from getting a sugar rush from taking in syrup instead of water.
- moisie, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Brainiac also did an "experiment" where they walked across the top of a pool filled with custard without sinking. I know this because they showed it on QI at the same time they mentioned the swimming in syrup thing. Brainiac is stupid though.
- Digisurfer, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0I once jumped into a swimming pool filled with cherry coca cola and ice cream as part of a contest. Fourteen people or so were chosen through a random drawing. The idea was to get a key at the bottom of the pool to open a chest. The chest had around seven envelopes in it if I recall correctly, each containing a different prize. Half the keys were duds that didn't work on the chest at all. Did it feel any different than water? No, not really. Sticky as heck though. Sure wish I hadn't jumped in too. Hit the bottom and ratched up my ankle really good. Anyways, interesting digg. Oh, did I win something? Yup! ;-)
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