Having a dog and two cats at our home gives my family and I the opportunity to test that old adage that "dogs are man's best friend." I must admit, up until seeing the video below, that I thought the dog had this competition won hands, er, paws down...
Are you familiar with "The Magnus Effect?" Yeah...me either. Well, at least I wasn't until my wife passed this video along to me.
In a nutshell, The Magnus Effect is (according to Wikipedia):
...the commonly observed effect in which a spinning ball (or cylinder) curves away from its principal flight path...
I'm kind of on a scientific bender today. Earlier, I posted a piece on backyard science experiments involving a watermelon, a swimming pool, and molten aluminum. As I mentioned, I'm getting to see more experimentation than I ever got in high school...