Being a science major sucks for a whole litany of reasons, the greatest of which is probably problem sets (or that whole three midterms a semester thing). And while textbooks do seem to try to make their problems more engaging by having rich, real-world examples or whatever, it seems like a bit of a stretch sometimes. This week, we took a look at some physics.
Problem 28: "Certain mushrooms launch their spores by a catapult mechanism. ..."
