Well, That's Me Convinced! :)

[LazyGun]

So it seems Noahs ark has received the physics seal of approval.

Timely story, given the release of the film.

Not sure though that whether or not the ark might have floated was the first concern when deciding whether the story as a whole was a factual retelling of actual events though.

I was curious about one point raised in the article though - the students based their calculations around a total of 70,000 animals - 2 of each from 35,000 species - anyone know where this notion of 35,000 species comes from?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/science/science-news/10740451/Noahs-Ark-would-have-floated...even-with-70000-animals.html

[mibn2cweus]

Physics, schmizics. The suggestion of willingly being confined within the same space as two skunks for forty seconds alone is all it takes to blow the myth entirely out of the water for me.