Good morning.
It’s a rainy and cold day for Whitewater, with a high temperature of thirty-seven.
The Wisconsin Historcal Society recalls that on this day in 1865
the 21st Wisconsin Infantry, made up mostly of soldiers from the Oshkosh area, finished fighting their way through the South during Sherman’s March to the Sea and reached Goldsboro, N.C., where the campaign in the Carolinas ended. Its veterans reunited 40 years later in Manitowoc. [Source: 21st Wisconsin Infantry homepage]
If you’ve been wondering about the physics of burrowing sandfish, ScienceNews has all the information you’ll need. In an article entitled Physics of burrowing sandfish revealed, Daniel Strain writes that
The sandfish lizard wriggles through desert sands like a sci-fi monster. Now, using computer simulations and bendy robots, researchers at Georgia Tech in Atlanta have taken the most complete look yet at the everyday physics of burrowing animals. And, boy, does this reptile wriggle, the team reports online February 23 in the Journal of the Royal Society Interface. “This particular behavior is built for speed,” says physicist Daniel Goldman, one of the study coauthors.
Here are two videos that show the lizards in action —
Quick getaway from Science News on Vimeo.
A desert di. from Science News on Vimeo.