If you’ve scrolled through social media recently, you’ve likely seen a video or two of people trying out a weighted hula hoop. The hashtag #weightedhulahoop has millions of views on TikTok ...

For example, a 24” hula hoop with 13 plants means 13 x 13,872 and an average population of 180,336. Some field guides will also provide tables with the math already completed for these and ...

Hula hooping is so commonplace that we may overlook some interesting questions it raises: 'What keeps a hula hoop up against gravity?' and 'Are some body types better for hula hooping than others?' ...

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Hula hooping has remained a staple of modern US culture since the ...

Some version of the Hula-Hoop has been around for millennia, but the popular plastic version was introduced by Wham-O in the 1950s and quickly became a fad. Now, researchers have taken a closer ...

Each has a hula hoop, or many of them. They swing them around their waists, but also around their wrists and elbows, shoulders and knees. A brunette in a bob rotates a hoop around her thighs ...

Overlaid video frames reveal that an hourglass-shaped body successfully hula hoops. (Courtesy: NYU’s Applied Math Lab) Popularized in the late 1950s as a child’s toy, the hula hoop is undergoing ...

To keep a Hula-Hoop aloft, it helps to be in shape — literally. Experiments with gyrating, hoop-slinging robots have revealed how these spinning rings stay up despite the pull of gravity.