http://io9.com/this-is-the-bead-chain-e ... -602029455 (http://io9.com/this-is-the-bead-chain-experiment-its-about-to-melt-y-602029455)
petty cool.
Reality can be pretty weird :) Cool stuff.
My first thought was its like a siphon.
I was hoping he would do it from the top of the building. 8-) Solitary
Me too, Solitary. I would want to see him climb a tall ladder, at least. Pretty neat demonstration of physics!
I think you can explain that solely on mechanics, and I think his explanation is probably what is going on. I also noticed that since the chain does that arcing loop, might be because of the chain is packed together in the beaker, while it just falls straight down in a line outside the beaker, but I'm not sure.
Awesome! Nature is weird and wonderful, no miracles required or needed.
Quote from: "Hakurei Reimu"Awesome! Nature is weird and wonderful, no miracles required or needed.
If anything that makes it more weird and wonderful!
Reminds me of the behavior of superfluids.