Rockford Register Star: Thanks to the application of some elementary physics, Mark Overmyer of Oregon, Illinois, enabled his daughter Laura (shown here) to triumph in the speed event of last week’s 73rd All-American Soap Box Derby in Akron, Ohio. For the past three years, Overmyer has been perfecting two soapbox innovations: a polyurethane and rubber compound for the wheels and prism glasses, which eliminate the need for the driver to poke her head up in a drag-inducing way to see where she’s going.
The finding that the Saturnian moon may host layers of icy slush instead of a global ocean could change how planetary scientists think about other icy moons as well.
Modeling the shapes of tree branches, neurons, and blood vessels is a thorny problem, but researchers have just discovered that much of the math has already been done.
January 29, 2026 12:52 PM
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