Jess Romeo

United States

Science Writer at Freelance

Associate Editor at Scholastic News

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Karate physics: How your hand can break concrete without breaking itself

Apr 29, 2024 | newsbreak.com | Jess Romeo

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Karate physics: How your hand can break concrete without breaking itself

Apr 29, 2024 | bigthink.com | Jess Romeo

In the late 1970s, a team of karate-loving physicists decided to perform an experiment inspired by their collective passion for martial arts. The group was made up of physicist Michael Feld, a brown belt who liked to illustrate the physics of karate via live demonstrations to his classes at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology; Ronald McNair, future astronaut and fifth-degree black belt; and undergraduate Stephen Wilk.
The rise and fall of the jetpack

Apr 2, 2024 | bigthink.com | Jess Romeo

The human body is not well-suited for flight. We’re somehow both bulky and gangly, with legs that kick and flail once they leave the ground. Our anatomy is not built to glide through the air—or even fall gracefully. We’ve tried to game nature with kites and gliders and wax wings. But no amount of self-flapping could lift us off the earth. So imagine the excitement in the 1950s, when the Army contacted Bell Aerospace Corporation to develop a device that would realize this fantastical idea.
ADHD: The history of a diagnosis

Mar 30, 2024 | bigthink.com | Jess Romeo

Attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) has gone by a slew of different names over the years: organic drivenness, minimal brain dysfunction, hyperkinesis, hyperactive syndrome, attention deficit disorder, and ADHD. ADHD was originally thought of as “minimal brain dysfunction,” according to scholar Robert Erk.