Physics
Aug 1st, 2011 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Featured Articles, Physics
What does it mean when your walking pace matches the resonance frequency of the container you’re carrying. Or – how not to get completely splashed with fish water, physics-style!
Tags: Frequency, Mechanics, Water
Posted in Featured Articles, Physics |
2 comments
Oct 6th, 2010 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Featured Articles, Physics, Study Guides
Easy strategy to deal with most physics problems in homework or exams, or just for fun. Stop panicking, and become a physics whiz!
Tags: Force, Mechanics, study tool, university
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Physics, Study Guides |
9 comments
Sep 19th, 2010 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Chemistry, Physics
Fermion calculator helps you calculate physical equations with the use of constants. Pick the right constant from the list, and use it properly for your calculation.
Tags: online tool
Posted in Articles, Chemistry, Physics |
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Dec 27th, 2009 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Astronomy, Featured Articles, Physics
Astrologers claim that the positions of the planets and “Zodiac” signs (constellations of stars) at the moment of our birth – and generally throughout our lives – affect our personality, mood and affairs.
We are going to test this hypothesis.
Tags: Astronomy, controversy, Earth, gravity, Mass, Scientific method, Skepticism, Space
Posted in Articles, Astronomy, Featured Articles, Physics |
67 comments
May 7th, 2009 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Featured Articles, Physics
The “losing weight” trend is one of the better outcomes of reality TV, and it encourages people to take charge of their lives and live a healthier life. But there’s one thing that bugs me about this trend: The terminology.
Tags: Earth, Force, Mass, Mechanics, Weight loss
Posted in Articles, Featured Articles, Physics |
17 comments
Oct 21st, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Astronomy, Physics
Ramon’s personal diary fell close to 37 miles (almost 60 km) through the extreme conditions of re-entry. Unlike its human owner, it has survived the process and is now being restored and presented to the public in the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem.
Tags: Astronomy, Density, DNA, Earth, Force, friction, Light, Mass, NASA, round, shuttle, Space, space age, Speed, STS, surface
Posted in Articles, Astronomy, Physics |
54 comments
Aug 11th, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Articles, Physics
The Olympics Games are here (well, in Beijing) and everyone’s watching and trying to guess who will win a medal. But, apparently, even the Olympics is a source of scientific inquiry, and not just for geeks. The “Speedo” controversy raises some interesting points about the effect of a swimsuit on the swimmer, and the effect [...]
Tags: controversy, Force, friction, Light, Pressure, space age, Speed, surface, Vacuum, Water
Posted in Articles, Physics |
5 comments
Jul 20th, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Experiments, Featured Articles, Physics
A fun experiment with Richard Saunders and mooeypoo, demonstrating what happens when a 3D object (Richard\’s face) is transfered into a 2D surface (A piece of cloth).
Tags: flat surface, Fluid, Skepticism, Special Guests, TAM, Tasty
Posted in Experiments, Featured Articles, Physics |
2 comments
Jun 1st, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Experiments, Physics
This is a very straight forward demonstration about static electricity, and it is working so well, that it really is fun to do anywhere with a faucet (and a plastic comb..).
Tags: Electricity, Fluid, Force, Static electricity, Water
Posted in Experiments, Physics |
17 comments
Apr 13th, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Chemistry, Experiments, Party Trick, Physics
Notice: This experiment is incomplete, and unclear. There were several attempts to correctly state the situation, but at the moment, a new re-make is planned to explain exactly and thoroughly what is happening to create this phenomenon. Well, this is going to be sweet, short and to the point: Fire in closed spaces can really [...]
Tags: Fire, Fluid, Force, Mechanics, Pressure, Space, Tasty, Vacuum, Water
Posted in Chemistry, Experiments, Party Trick, Physics |
13 comments