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I've always wondered: If you're in a falling elevator, can you really save yourself by jumping?

  • Written by Luke Barnes, Postdoctoral research fellow, Western Sydney University
Jumping in elevators is fun. If you like jumping. Mavis Wong/The Conversation , CC BY-NC-ND

This is an article from I’ve Always Wondered, a series where readers send in questions they’d like an expert to answer. Send your question to alwayswondered@theconversation.edu.au


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