The Tour de France--In Terms of Jelly Donuts

(Inside Science Currents Blog) -- With today being National Donut Day, and this year's Tour de France coming up in the next month, I recalled how a late MIT physicist known for his work in the Manhattan Project once combined donuts and the famous bicycle race to teach a lesson about energy. Count on science to mash together two different things in unexpectedly fun ways. Photos by Mavis via flickr | ://bit.ly/1KPyaPX So in honor of National Donut Day, we present to you a slightly updated version ...