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Newton's Apple

Budgies in a Truck

Episode 10 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Is cage full of birds heavier or lighter if the birds are flying?

Physics educator and regular guest expert Jack Netland solves a brain teaser about the how much a flock of birds in flight actually weighs, experimenting with a helicopter, a scale, and a little help from a hovercraft.

10/31/1987

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Newton's Apple

Budgies in a Truck

Episode 10 | 4m 26sVideo has Closed Captions

Physics educator and regular guest expert Jack Netland solves a brain teaser about the how much a flock of birds in flight actually weighs, experimenting with a helicopter, a scale, and a little help from a hovercraft.

10/31/1987

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