'Physics' Category
Casual Friday — life in slow motion
It’s just plain fun and interesting to watch what life looks like in super slow motion. Courtesy of Philip Heron, here’s a short film on the subject — Tempus II…
Casual Friday — like a bolt from the blue
A 9,000 frames-per-second view of some lightning in Rapid City, South Dakota…
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…
