'Physics' Category
Casual Friday — SDO vs. the sundog
Short story: SDO wins, in spectacular fashion!
Casual Friday — gravity waves
A five-minute explanation of gravity waves…
Casual Friday — Feynman on learning and uncertainty
From a BBC interview, here’s Richard Feynman (Nobel prize winner) talking about his perspective on learning and uncertainty…
Casual Friday — Klemperer’s Dream
From John Dubinski’s Galaxy Dynamics simulations comes this beautiful examination of symmetry and chaos in galaxy interactions…
Casual Friday — Ultra-slo-mo ladybug
For your Friday edutainment, here’s some YouTube video of a ladybug in super slow motion flight (about 1/120 real speed)…
Casual Friday — slo-mo water drop
Some fun super slow-motion video of water drops, just to keep you entertained while I struggle to get my database back under control…
Casual Friday — the Large Hadron Rap
Kate McAlpine of Michigan State University (and friends) put together a rap video explaining the Large Hadron Collider, scheduled to start operations in less than a week…
Casual Friday — zero-G experiments with everyday materials
Some time back, I ran across this fun video taken on the International Space Station — it shows some simple physics experiments using water, air, and an antacid tablet…
Casual Friday — Fun with cornstarch!
Here’s a neat little video clip I found on YouTube — showing some things you can do with a solution of water and cornstarch (well, and some vibration too)…
The scientific tourist #29 — the Foucault Pendulum
Today’s picture comes from the San Diego Natural History Museum — it’s a Foucault Pendulum…
