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Winter Olympics Deep Dive: Ice Physics, Performance Pressure, and Climate Change (EP. 26)
Hosted by Lester Nare and Krishna Choudhary, this episode is a Winter Olympics deep dive from first principles—physics, neuroscience, and climate science in one ride.
• Why ice is slippery: the “water layer” story is incomplete—new nanoscale measurements suggest a far more viscous, thicker interfacial film than textbook intuition.
• Choking under pressure: how high stakes can disrupt neural control—reward signals can push brain states out of the “optimal zone.”
• Climate change vs winter sports: why artificial snow has limits, why some legacy venues may become unreliable, and what “snow…
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