#fuckyeahfluiddynamics

- I still have full editorial control of sponsored posts. In fact, one of my goals is that every sponsored post should read like and carry the same value to my readers that any regular post does. Given that it will read like any other FYFD post, it’s also important that - Every sponsored post will be clearly marked. The end of the post will include a statement of sponsorship, some brief info about the sponsor, and a link to them.

2016 was a wild ride here at FYFD, full of lots of travel and crazy things like making the New York Times and doing radio interviews. I also revamped the YouTube channel and went full-time doing science communication. But let’s look at what you thought was the best part of FYFD’s 2016 based on the most popular posts of the year:

1. The physics of chocolate bonbons and other poured coatings 2. What makes this octopus kite look so realistic? 3. Shooting oobleck with a golf ball 4. Buckling of a crown splash 5. Lava as a gravity current 6. Microscale rockets could aid with drug delivery 7. How prairie dogs keep the air in their burrows fresh 8. Why molten aluminum slides right off dry ice 9. The dangers of underwater explosions 10. Skipping an elastic ball off water

Special congrats to The Backyard Scientist and The Splash Lab - both of whom earned multiple spots in the top 10 with their awesome physics-filled visuals. Stay tuned in 2017 for more great fluid dynamics, and if you’d like to help support what I do with FYFD, consider becoming a patron or making a one-time donation!

Hey guys,

Tomorrow (October 14), I’m heading off on vacation for a couple weeks out of range of the Internet. I’ve queued up entries for while I’m gone and my friend Claire from Brilliant Botany (check it out!) has kindly agreed to watch over the Tumblr queue and make sure it posts like it’s supposed to. So you should hopefully experience no interruptions to regular posts. But I won’t be responding to asks, submissions, emails, etc. until after I return at the end of the month.

Have a lovely October, readers! I’m off in search of penguins and iguanas.

This is FYFD’s 1500th post! Can you believe it? Fifteen hundred posts is a heck of a lot of fluid dynamics. I’ve covered everything from the teeny tiniest scales to the astronomically huge, from events that happen in the blink of an eye to ones that require decades of patience. Today I encourage you to check out the archives whether by scrolling the visual archive, digging in by keyword, or by clicking here for something random.

Whether you’ve been here for 1 post or for all 1500, thank you! And special thanks, of course, to my Patreon patrons. If you’re a fan and want to help FYFD keep flowing and growing, please consider becoming a patron, too. (There’s cool perks available.) Here’s to the next 1500 posts!