Category Archives: Physics

Casual Friday — gravity waves

Posted on 15 January, 2010 by admin

A five-minute explanation of gravity waves…

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Casual Friday — Feynman on learning and uncertainty

Posted on 12 June, 2009 by admin

From a BBC interview, here’s Richard Feynman (Nobel prize winner) talking about his perspective on learning and uncertainty…

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Casual Friday — Klemperer's Dream

Posted on 1 May, 2009 by admin

From John Dubinski’s Galaxy Dynamics simulations comes this beautiful examination of symmetry and chaos in galaxy interactions…

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Casual Friday — Ultra-slo-mo ladybug

Posted on 27 February, 2009 by admin

For your Friday edutainment, here’s some YouTube video of a ladybug in super slow motion flight (about 1/120 real speed)…

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Casual Friday — slo-mo water drop

Posted on 28 November, 2008 by admin

Some fun super slow-motion video of water drops, just to keep you entertained while I struggle to get my database back under control…

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Casual Friday — the Large Hadron Rap

Posted on 5 September, 2008 by admin

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…

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Casual Friday — zero-G experiments with everyday materials

Posted on 29 August, 2008 by admin

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…

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Casual Friday — Fun with cornstarch!

Posted on 18 July, 2008 by admin

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)…

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The scientific tourist #29 — the Foucault Pendulum

Posted on 15 July, 2008 by admin

Today’s picture comes from the San Diego Natural History Museum — it’s a Foucault Pendulum…

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Prince Rupert's drops

Posted on 11 July, 2008 by admin

I’m going to show you two videos this week — both about an interesting early form of tempered glass called Prince Rupert’s drops…

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