BRAIN OMELETTE

physicists in pennsylvania, usa have been banging some hens eggs around to see how the yolk moves inside. some say this is a bit like how the brain moves around inside the head. don't try to find out.  

original article: Lang et al., 2021 (Physics of Fluids), reported in: The Daily Mail by Shivali Best on 19th January 2021 & The Telegraph by Dominic Penna on 20th January 2021

this story was in episode 2 #eggs #helmet #skull #yolk #concussion


the error bar says

the Telegraph and Mail both report on physicists knocking eggs about to discover how the yolk is displaced inside.

the tenuous neuroscience link here is that the head is a bit like an egg, and the brain its yolk.


how do your like your brain omelette?

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conclusion

scrambled