Posts Tagged ‘science’

Collin’s Lab Notes: DIY Cymatics

Wednesday, August 5th, 2009

The simple process of vibrating a dish of liquid can make for some pretty interesting results - mixing in a bit of cornstarch can be downright freaky.

The Power Of The Pentatonic Scale

Tuesday, August 4th, 2009

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale from World Science Festival on Vimeo.

Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates The Universal Nature Of Music.

Alka-Seltzer added to spherical water drop in microgravity, Video

Tuesday, June 30th, 2009

Saturday Morning Science:
Alka-Seltzer added to spherical water drop in microgravity onboard the International Space Station.

(March
22, 2003) — Expedition Six NASA ISS Science Officer Don Pettit
performs a series of microgravity experiments with water spheres and
effervescent antacid tablets. In the second of four videos, Pettit
inserts a tablet into a 50-millimeter sphere and observes the fizzy
results.

7 Man-Made Substances that Laugh in the Face of Physics

Thursday, June 25th, 2009

The universe is full of weird substances like liquid metal and whatever preservative keeps Larry King alive. But mankind isn’t happy to accept the weirdness of nature when we can create our own abominations of science that, due to the miracle of technology, spit in nature’s face and call it retarded.

That’s why we came up with…

  • Ferrofluids
  • Aerogel
  • Perfluorocarbons
  • Elastic Conductors
  • Non-Newtonian Fluids
  • Transparent Alumina
  • Carbon Nanotubes

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