Mirrors don’t actually flip things horizontally; instead, they reflect objects in the z-direction, giving the illusion of a horizontal flip when we present them in a certain way.
Related Posts
Hail the size of golf balls and even grapefruit? The science of how tiny ice crystals grow dangerously large
Getting hit by solid ice the size of a baseball would hurt. Gregory Dubus/iStock/Getty Images Plus Brian Tang,…
Nobel Prize Honors Scientists Behind COVID-19 mRNA Vaccine Breakthrough
(Hero image: Ill. Niklas Elmehed © Nobel Prize Outreach) The Nobel Assembly at Karolinska Institutet has jointly awarded…
Why the magic of Christmas is all down to chemistry
H2O H2O H2O! Shutterstock Simon Cotton, University of Birmingham What makes Christmas so special? Its religious significance? An…
Some of Earth’s Water May Have Come From the Sun, Scientists Find
Evoking images of the Sun shouldn’t normally make you think of water. After all, it’s a giant hot…