Oct 21st, 2008 |
By mooeypoo |
Category: Astronomy, Blurbs, Physics
A little while ago, the Israeli Museum in Jerusalem opened an exhibit featuring some of the torn, slightly burned pages of Col. Ilan Ramon’s personal diary from the shuttle Columbia. Ramon was the payload specialist onboard STS-107 (the spaceshuttle “Columbia”) that disintegrated during re-entry from space, killing all 7 crewmembers onboard. The diary survived the [...]
Tags: Astronomy, Col. Ilan Ramon, Columbia, Density, DNA, Earth, energy, Force, friction, Ilan, Israeli, Light, Mass, NASA, process, Ramon, round, shuttle, Space, space age, Speed, STS, surface
Posted in Astronomy, Blurbs, Physics |
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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 [...]
Tags: Alcohol, Density, Force, Liquid, Mass, Tasty, Water
Posted in Experiments, Featured Articles, Party Trick, Physics |
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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.
Tags: Density, Fluid, Force, Goo, Mechanics, Newton, Pressure, Rubbing, Water
Posted in Chemistry, Experiments, Featured Articles |
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