If you hang around physicists for a significant amount of time, someone is going to bring up the spherical cow. What is this thing? This came up recently in class since it is mentioned in the Matter ...

We have previously described a microfluidic method for producing spherical armoured bubbles that are all the same size 2. The rigid particles straddle the gas–liquid interface and have mechanical ...

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As we look around the solar system, and beyond, we find the objects are mostly spherical – the larger you are, the more spherical you get. Why aren’t there square planets? Planets are round because of ...