Your Coffee Mug is a Physics Disaster
Learning Stats
CEFR 等级
Total Words
Unique Words
难度
字幕 (122 segments)
DownloadThere’s a special little dance I have to do between the coffee maker and my desk,
just to prevent my hot coffee from spilling over the edge of the mug.
Maybe you’re familiar with it.
The key is to walk smoothly, but not too fast and also, for some reason, not too slow.
In the end, I often just give up and drink my coffee standing in the middle of the hallway.
Because no matter what I try, the coffee is determined to slosh.
And this doesn’t happen to a lot of other beverages I carry!
So what’s going on?
Turns out, it’s because of physics.
Physicists love coffee, and they love studying every-day problems.
Which means they’ve dedicated several
peer-reviewed papers to the factors that jostle your joe.
And it all comes down to an unlucky connection between your pace,
Full subtitles available in the video player
Key Vocabulary (12)
Used to refer to the person or people that the speaker is addressing. It is the second-person pronoun used for both singular and plural subjects and objects.
To move along by putting one foot in front of the other, always keeping at least one foot on the ground. It is the most basic way for humans to move from one place to another for exercise or travel.
To hold something or someone and move them from one place to another. This usually involves using your hands, arms, or a vehicle to support the weight of the object while moving.
A system is a group of parts that work together as a whole. It can be used to describe a set of rules, a computer program, or a part of the body.
Coffee is a popular dark-colored drink made from roasted and ground seeds called beans. It is usually served hot or cold and contains caffeine, which helps people feel more awake and energetic.
"The coffee is important."
Frequency is how often something happens in a certain amount of time. In science, it describes the number of times a wave or signal repeats every second.
Grammar in This Video
"you’ll find that the lowest resonant frequency of the mug is between 1 - 2.5 osc..."
"you’ll find that the lowest resonant frequency of the mug is between 1 - 2.5 osc..."
"In the end, I often just give up and drink my coffee standing in the middle of t..."
"If you add external force to the system, and if it’s timed to match the resonant..."
"In the end, I often just give up and drink my coffee standing in the middle of t..."
"There’s a special little dance I have to do between the coffee maker and my desk..."
"But most of the sloshing is going to be forward and backward, in line with the d..."
"Turns out, it’s because of physics."
"If you add external force to the system... then the amplitude of the oscillation..."
评论 (0)
登录后评论相关视频
How A Nuclear War Will Start - Minute by Minute
The Developer Preview 3 of the Android XR SDK is now here!
Now in Android: 117 – What’s new in Android development at Google I/O 2025 (part 1)
Can clean energy handle the AI boom?
Introducing the Google Play Games Level Up program
SciShow
