Gravity is something every person on Earth intuitively understands: It is what keeps you on the ground. But how come gravity pulls down, rather than pushes up? Einstein came up with the answer.
People tend to reflexively assume that fun events will go by really quickly.
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There is a reason why it’s easier to roll marbles down rather than up a hill. And the answer (to this and to gravity itself) is all about acceleration.
Simon Chapple, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington; Kate C. Prickett, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington, and Michael Fletcher, Te Herenga Waka — Victoria University of Wellington
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Time is fixed. Our grasp of it? Not so much.
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