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Knuckleballs baffle baseball players with their unpredictable swerves. A new study suggests a possible cause of the pitch’s erratic flight — sudden changes in the drag force on a ball, due to ...
Take your hand and draw it through water in a pool. You can feel resistance---this is hydrodynamic drag. It is the effective force created by the interaction of your body and the water. Swimmers ...