Stories by Thomas A. McMahon

The secret of the basilisk lizard's strategy lies in its stroke

On a springy new indoor track at Harvard University runners can run faster than they can on standard tracks. The design of the track was arrived at through a close analysis of the mechanics of human running

As the trunk and branches of a tree grow they get not only longer but also thicker. What law governs the relation between the two dimensions? The question is examined by hypothesis and experiment