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How a magician-mathematician revealed a casino loophole

BBC FUTURE

When a gang of gambling cheats sussed out how to beat the house, they inadvertently highlighted a loophole from a shuffled deck. It took a magician-turned-mathematician to reveal how.

combinatorics, markov chain, mathematics, shuffling, statistics

UNSW Science Partner Stories

A short video about my research using artificial intelligence and small satellites to monitor sea ice from space.

antarctica, artificial intelligence, cubesats, sea ice, space

Tiny satellites are changing the way we explore our planet and beyond

THE CONVERSATION

Want to go to space? Small satellites and “rideshare” rocket launches are putting space within reach of private companies, universities, and even do-it-yourself hobbyists.

antarctica, cubesats, earth observation, rocketlab, satellites, smartsat, space, spacebridge, spacex

The slippery science of Olympic curling: we still don’t know how it works

THE CONVERSATION

Scientists are still not sure what puts the “curl” in curling.

Australia, fluids, friction, ice, olympics, rotation, sport, tribology

Slip, slop, slurp! The surprising science of sunscreen, sand and ice cream

THE CONVERSATION

Ahh, summer at the beach! The sun on your face, sand between your toes, an ice cream in your hand. For scientists young and old, a trip to the beach is also a perfect opportunity to explore the peculiar properties of some fascinating fluids.

fluids, ice cream, sand, sunscreen, viscosity

BBC News

Interview for BBC News segment on a surfboard discovered 2,700 km away from where it was lost.

East Austral, oceanography, surfing, waves

Doritos, duckies and disembodied feet: how tragedy and luck reveals the ocean’s hidden highways

THE CONVERSATION

The grisly discovery in February of a disembodied foot on a New South Wales beach was a tragic twist in the mystery of missing Sydney woman Melissa Caddick. But how did her remains wash up on a remote beach 400 kilometres away?

drifter, East Australian Current, mystery, oceanography

Nature’s Fury on National Geographic

Interview for new documentary series on National Geographic.

cyclones, disaster, oceanography, waves

The story of a wave: From wind-blown ripples to breaking on the beach

THE CONVERSATION

As summer temperatures soar, we flock to the ocean to splash, swim, surf, paddle, and plunge in the waves. But where do those waves come from? How do they form, and why do they break? As it turns out, what we see at the shore is just the last few moments of an epic journey.

oceanography, waves

Fran Kelly on Radio National

Interview with Fran Kelly on RN Breakfast.

climate, ozone

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