by msander | Jul 12, 2017 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Since the days of Ancient Greece, philosophers and scientists have been wondering: What is space? Is the absence of things… a thing? These questions continued to fascinate physicists in the modern era, leading Isaac Newton, Ernst Mach, and Albert Einstein to wonder...
by msander | Jun 26, 2017 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr. 11-12 Physics
On a stream of water you can levitate light balls of all sizes and even disks and cylinders. The mechanism is not the Bernoulli effect… Want to make this at home: My friend Blake from InnoVinci emailed me with a cool idea for a video and footage of levitating...
by msander | Jun 18, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
I first saw a Schlieren imaging setup around ten years ago in Melbourne. I was immediately fascinated by the way I could see the warm air coming off my hand. I hadn’t expected the currents to be moving that fast or to be so visible. This was a tricky setup to...
by msander | Jun 15, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Making slime out of glue and borax is a awesome… But with a simple addition of iron filings, you can make slime that is attracted to a magnetic field! Be sure to subscribe and check out more videos! Subscribe: https://www.youtube.com/channel/Flinn…...
by msander | Jun 12, 2017 | Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Marie Skłodowska Curie’s revolutionary research laid the groundwork for our understanding of physics and chemistry, blazing trails in oncology, technology, medicine, and nuclear physics, to name a few. But what did she actually do? Shohini Ghose expounds on some of...
by msander | Jun 12, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Scientists have JUST published this new observation. On January 4th, 2017 they detected the merger of two black holes 3 billion light-years away. This marks the furthest detection they’ve been able to make and increases confidence that these events will be seen...
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