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DNA Madness: Extracting your Own DNA in your Kitchen!

Apr 5th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Biology, Chemistry, Experiments

I am about to show you how to extract your own DNA from your own bodies in your own kitchen. Yourselves.

It’s aliiiiiiiiiive!



A Party Trick for the Watery Dense..

Mar 30th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Experiments, Featured Articles, Party Trick, Physics

Water is dense. Alcohol is Dense. But they’re not the same density, no siree. They’re differently densed. Which means we can use that to our advantage. And we do, in this experiment.
Well, this is more of a “Show off your geektitude” physics trick that will amaze and enchant your buddies anywhere! Okay, well, maybe not [...]



The earth’s curvature is tasty

Mar 23rd, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Astronomy, Experiments, Physics

If I sail a ship to the far far seas, continue on, and on, and on and– well, you got the point. Where will I find myself? Well, if I travel in a more-or-less straight line (ignoring weather or geography, or time constraints, or my pending homework) I will end up right where I started. [...]



Goofing around with Non-Newtonian [Goo] Fluid

Mar 16th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Chemistry, Experiments, Featured Articles

It’s Goo! It’s Solid! It’s Goo! It’s Solid! It’s— both???
My mom always told me never to play with my food, but in this case, I think even she will agree to make an exception. Not only am I going to play with this food, you should too. It’s way too fun to pass on.



An otherwise straight beam of light…

Mar 9th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Astronomy, Experiments, Physics

All super-thieves know that lasers go straight. It’s the tenet of their masterplan to jump over, crawl under and squeeze between those annoying laser beams around whatever-it-is they are interested in stealing. It can take them weeks to study the angles and train to spray dust over it so they can see them. Talented thieves.
I [...]



Duckies and the Doppler Effect

Mar 2nd, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Astronomy, Experiments, Featured Articles, Physics

You probably hear this every day, that weird phenomenon sounds makes when it whooshes you by quickly. In fact, the entire ‘whoosh’ effect – that ‘zzzzzzzzzzzhoooooooom!’ that seems all children are familiar with and use as a description for a passing car is a great hint that something is going on.



Measuring the Speed of Light

Feb 26th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Experiments, Physics

Consider: You’re a deer on a dark road. A pair of headlights is suddenly approaching you. Fast. You stare at it intently… wondering – how fast is the light moving? Now, if you’re that deer, chances are this wouldn’t be your first concern. Or maybe it would. Maybe that’s why they take so long to [...]