by msander | Nov 20, 2017 | Gr 7-8 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Physics
Can throwing a penny off of the top of the Empire State Building lead to a murder charge, and what is surprisingly more deadly? About Debunked: We love making these videos but can only work on them around our regular jobs so if you would like to support us and help us...
by msander | Oct 23, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: – the first gravitational waves detected from inspiraling neutron stars...
by msander | Oct 23, 2017 | Gr 4-6 Science & Tech, Gr 9-10 Science, Gr. 11-12 Chemistry, Gr. 11-12 Physics
It’s going to be a lot easier to colonize Mars if we can terraform it first. The first step would be to give Mars a thicker atmosphere, which means it will need a magnetic field, or magnetosphere, to protect it. Here’s how we would do...
by msander | Oct 18, 2017 | All Science Teachers
The collision of two neutron stars, seen in an artist’s rendering, created both gravitational waves and gamma rays. Researchers used those signals to locate the event with optical telescopes. For the first time, scientists have caught two neutron stars in the...
by msander | Sep 24, 2017 | Gr. 11-12 Physics
In September 2015, scientists witnessed something never seen before: two black holes colliding. Both about 30 times as big as our Sun, they had been orbiting each other for millions of years. A fraction of a second before the crash, they sent a vibration across the...
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