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13th Jan 2008

How do Boomerangs Work?

Diana O'Carroll

A typical wooden boomerang

This week we find out why boomerangs keep coming back, and ask would a plane on a treadmill still take off, and who gets to the bottom of a hill first - a freewheeling fat or thin cyclist?

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