I'm Gary Aurelie and I'm juke-nise. This is playing with science. Because we get constant

requests for this, we are going to do a cosmic query, which means you get the steering wheel.

You are driving this show. Yes, our listeners are in charge. We are merely servants.

Conduits, as you might say. And the great thing is that our show today is all about

World Cup and football. We have to call it football because we're talking about soccer

and the World Cup. Plus, I told Chuck, he called it a new year. I can't call it that way,

not during the World Cup itself. So it's World Cup football and to help us, of course,

we have none other than our soccer expert. Yes. And all around physics sports expert,

I have to tell you, from University of Lynchburg, as of July 1st, that would be Professor

Eric Goff. What's happening, Professor Goff? Oh, I'm just stoked for the World Cup, really

enjoying the early action. Thanks just to see what happens with Spain and Portugal. But

having a lot of fun talking about this new ball and the science and the World Cup.

Yes. And there is more science and really people can imagine. And this is where we're going

to drill down into. But let's start with the ball. We've touched it before. It's not

likely to be that different from the ball used in terms of the way it performs in Brazil

in 2014. Is that correct? That's correct. The mistake of Jabalini was not repeated in

2014 and 2018. The ball that we're using now, the Telstar 18, we've tested this and

the aerodynamic properties are very similar to the Brasucca that was used four years ago.

So speaking of touching balls, this particular Telstar is there any physical difference that

makes it stand out from the Brasucca, like when you look at the ball itself, aside from

like the color scheme and the fact that it's black and white and, you know, what are the

physical differences of the two balls and what is that going to lead to in terms of performance?

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