Scientists studying the origins of the colossal “rogue waves” that sneak up on ships in seemingly calm seas have enlisted helpless Legos in their search for answers.
A research team at Australian National University have been conducting experiments in nonliniear dynamics in hopes that they’ll be able to explain killer waves that have much higher amplitude than those around them. The mysterious, legendary waves have only recently been accepted as scientific fact, and thanks to the Lego experiments, scientists now know that they can be much much worse than originally thought.
via Gizmodo
See a video of the experiment here
