Posts Tagged ‘ Space ’

Top 10 Ways to Know the Earth is Not Flat

Aug 19th, 2008 | By mooeypoo | Category: Blurbs

A few months ago I released an experiment video explaining how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth using the shadow of sticks. The method was performed almost two millenia ago, and produced quite accurate results (considering the ‘equipment’ used). But it was far from being the only (or first) method to understand our planet’s [...]



A Physics Party Trick that Sucks… Liquid

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 [...]



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. [...]



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.