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Category Archives: Physics
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…
Posted in Communicating science, Physics, Space
Tagged Communicating science, materials, Physics, Space, video
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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…
Prince Rupert's drops
I’m going to show you two videos this week — both about an interesting early form of tempered glass called Prince Rupert’s drops…
Casual Friday — Current events
Since today is independence day in the U.S., and barbecuing is a traditional activity for the day, I thought I’d give you a bit of video showing what is undoubtedly the most dramatic way I’ve ever seen to cook hot dogs — with a Tesla coil!
Solar Cycle 24 — the wait's over
If you were curious after the last podcast episode, it’s finally official — solar cycle 24 has begun…
Posted in Astronomy, Physics
Tagged solar cycle, solar physics, space weather, sunspots
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