The Lollipop Hypothesis

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t's not just generations of children who have pondered how many licks it takes to reach the center of a lollipop. Mathematicians studying fluid dynamics at NYU's Applied Mathematics Lab designed experiments to watch how lollipops dissolve, and in doing so answered this epic childhood question. Help test their results by taking the Science Friday Lollipop Challenge!
Produced by Emily V. Driscoll
Filmed and Narrated by Luke Groskin
Music by Audio Network
Additional Footage by
Jinzi "Mac" Huang, Nicholas Moore, & Leif Ristroph
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Photographs by
NYU Applied Mathematics Lab
Shutterstock
Featuring
Leif Ristroph
Leo Groskin
Saydi Landon
Melanie Soumbasakis
Thanks to
Barry Bowen
James Devitt
Ellen Gordon
Luke Groskin
Jinzi "Mac" Huang
Elizabeth Delucia Landon
Leif Ristroph
Tootsie Roll Industries, Inc.
Megan Davies Wykes