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Magnus Spherical Airship

The Magnus Effect creates lift from air resistance, a phenomenon David Beckham uses to score a goal, and an effect that engineers have tried to harness for decades.

We examine the history of the attempts to put the effect to good use, and science reporter Jem Stansfield explains the science at work, using a plastic lemon on a toy car.

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