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Could The Force be with you? A toy due in stores this fall will let you test and hone your Jedi-like abilities.

A physical analysis of a player's movements, combined with a knowledge of the correct forces to apply at the right time, can be used to make a good player better. Scientific analysis like this is used in many sports, from figure skating to baseball

"Astronomers have spied a star's swan song as it is shredded by a black hole. Researchers suspect that the star wandered too close to the black hole and got sucked in by the huge gravitational forces. The star's final moments sent a flash of radiation hurtling towards Earth. "

"Their heads move some 6m per second, at each peck enduring a deceleration more than 1,000 times the force of gravity. But researchers reporting in Plos One say that unequal upper and lower beak lengths and spongy, plate-like bone structure protect the birds' brains. The findings could help design more effective head protection for humans."

In this three-part documentary series, Professor Jim Al-Khalili tells the story of one of the greatest scientific discoveries ever: that the material world is made up of atoms.