Slashdot | Physicists Finally Solve the Falling-Paper Problem

Ever wonder why those journal inserts wisp to the ground the way they do? Well here's the science behind it (and it uses scientific journal pages). hmmm...I wonder if scientific journal pages are heavier than language arts journal pages--of course if they are dropped from the same heighth they still fall at the same pace...right?
Slashdot | Physicists Finally Solve the Falling-Paper Problem: "The so-called 'falling paper' problem has long intrigued scientists. James C. Maxwell pondered the tumbling motions of playing cards in 1853. Why don't flat things fall straight down? Pieces of paper fall down, then rise into the air, then glide along, then again rise... It occurs in a seemingly chaotic manner. Now researchers at Cornell University have solved the falling paper problem by calculating the motions of a scientific journal page in flight and there were a few surprises."