EP77 - Maglev and the Impossible Physics of Racing Without Wheels

You are sitting in a train carriage, sipping a perfectly still cup of coffee while the landscape outside blurs past at nearly four hundred miles per hour. It feels like the ultimate high speed rail experience, but the truth is your vehicle is not actually touching the ground at all. This episode breaks down the magnetic wizardry and unrolled electric motors that allow maglev trains to levitate, answering how a vehicle weighing hundreds of tons can surf on a wave of pure invisible force.

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