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Pony tails

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NfkDumpling Mon 26-Nov-12 16:43:38

Did I really just hear on the radio that someone has got the Nobel Prize for physics for his/her study on why girls' pony tails swing from side to side when they are jogging? (As opposed to up and down)

Greatnan Mon 26-Nov-12 16:59:35

The Nobel Prize in Physics 2012 was awarded jointly to Serge Haroche and David J. Wineland "for ground-breaking experimental methods that enable measuring and manipulation of individual quantum systems"

A bit of over simplifcation, perhaps?

NfkDumpling Mon 26-Nov-12 17:03:32

Oh, I'm so glad it wasn't just pony tail antics. But at least it gives me some indication of what all that bit wot you just wrote means!