Remember Takao Doi? He is the Japanese astronaut who announced he would throw a boomerang in space. Turns out a boomerang's flight is much the same in zero-gravity as it is here on Earth. picked by 2manyusernames 5 months ago

A Japanese astronaut plans to throw a boomerang inside a space station to test whether it can fly in zero gravity. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

An outback Queensland town has discovered boomerangs really do come back after an artefact stolen from a museum 25 years ago was finally returned by a guilt-ridden US tourist. picked by AutumnLotus 7 months ago

Remember the astronaut who recently tested whether boomerangs return to their throwers in the absence of gravity? Well, the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency has released video of astronaut Takao Doi showing that the objects do, in fact, come back - even in the microgravity environment of the space station. picked by AutumnLotus 4 months ago

This girl has some amazing skills picked by sbalaciu 1 year ago

Throwing a boomerang is part science, part magic. Just ask members of the U.S. Boomerang Team. picked by misswinkle 1 year ago

In brief, the war has become a national tragedy, an economic catastrophe, a regional disaster and a global boomerang for the United States. Ending it is thus in the highest national interest. picked by DerAlt 4 months ago

Takao Doi, the Japanese astronaut who'll be testing whether a boomerang will fly in space , now has something else to live down: he'll be the living test-bed for a new underwear fabric said to provide "high levels of deodorant, antiseptic and antistatic effect" in space. picked by Mitzuzake 6 months ago