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Fat Tire Bike Buoyancy Experiment by Otto
https://youtu.be/uGT4h2l9tok Here's STAO's own Otto Wevers using his fascination with cycling to conduct an experiment to the test the buoyancy of his fat tire bike.
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Flinn Scientific Canada encourages you to join the Frontier School Division in Manitoba, in partnership with Polar Bears International and the Churchill Northern Studies Centre, as they present three exciting livestream events straight from the tundra: Climate Change...
HOW CAN WE USE OPTICS TO MAXIMIZE FOOD PRODUCTION? Grade 10 Science Activity
Food availability is limited in some regions of the world for many reasons, such as access to natural resources (sunlight, space, water, soil). Due to urbanization, access to fresh fruit and vegetables in urban areas is becoming more limited. How do we feed our...
Science of Sunsets – Why is the Sky Blue?
https://youtu.be/hHBYppQ_1d4 You’ve probably noticed something different about both the sunrise and sunset over the past few weeks. Steve Spangler shares the science behind this phenomenon with a simple experiment you can try at home. Click here for the source youtube...
Earth-sized alien worlds are out there. Now, astronomers are figuring out how to detect life on them
https://youtu.be/QGWOSz6D4vM To do so will require a purpose-built space telescope and a parasol the size of a baseball diamond. Learn more: http://scim.ag/2imLXDR
STAO 2017 Conference Updates
Click here for recent updates and links to all conference information. Hotel Rooms The hotel is sold out Thursday November 9. There are still rooms available on Wednesday November 8 and Friday November 10. STAO has a very limited number rooms reserved for...
3 Brand New Colors That Scientists Discovered
https://youtu.be/ngd57zinWBU For millennia, we mostly had to make do with natural pigments and dyes, but in the last 300 years or so, chemical synthesis has revolutionized the colors of our world. We're conducting a survey of our viewers! If you have time,...
STAO 2017 Conference – Saturday’s Featured Speakers
For information about registration and other program offerings, click here. Check out the spectacular line-up of Featured Speakers at STAO2017 on Saturday, November 11th. Source: Special STAONews - Saturday's Featured Speakers
5 Things You Should Know About Dinosaurs
https://youtu.be/TApuiAmzRW0 Here at SciShow we love digging into the subject of dinosaurs! Join Blake de Pastino, co-host and co-creator of the new series PBS Eons, as he takes you into the deep past for a few of our favorite dinosaur episodes! PBS Eons:...
She was born with heart defects. Now she’s researching a cure – U of T Engineering News
Bailey Bernknopf was born with four congenital heart defects.She had her first surgery at five months old, followed by another at age 14 that had left doctors wondering if she would survive the night. Today, at age 22, she is a cardiac disease researcher at the...
Why Does Our Universe Have 3 Dimensions?
An eruption of cosmic knots at the Big Bang may explain why our universe has three dimensions.Credit: Keith Wood/Vanderbilt We take for granted that we live in a world of three dimensions governed by the laws of physics, and don't often wonder why. But a group of...
STAO2017 Conference Update
HOTEL The block of rooms has been extended to October 31. It is probable that the hotel will sell out so you are advised to reserve a room before October 31. Click here to reserve a room . MEMBERSHIP STAO conferences are planned and presented for the benefit of its...