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[–] BCsven@lemmy.ca 2 points 1 year ago

This is a very cool math application but at the same time you figure this out the first time you roll a cone block down a ramp as a kid (compared to a cylinder block), so these headlines seemingly surprised about scientists discovering these things always seem like "well duh, of course"