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Explaining Every Force in Physics With Sheep and Canada

May 23, 2012

The wizards over at Minute Physics have done it again. They have managed to describe the workings of every fundamental …

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Spend a mintue to (bascially) understand special relativity {Video}

March 24, 2012

Spend another minute with the wizards of concise science, Minute Physics: More information on Einstein’s theory of special relativity here.

Why do nuclear reactors glow?

March 18, 2012

You have seen the image in movies and TV, but it is not a case of fancy editing. Nuclear reactors …

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Stars died so that you could live

March 11, 2012

Ever wonder where everything that makes you who you are came from? Obviously from your parents, but where did they …

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With a Cloud Chamber, You Can See Radiation Happening {w/ Video}

March 2, 2012

I believe that at least one of the reasons why radiation is so scary is that it is invisible (and …

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What would happen if you stuck your head in a particle accelerator?

February 25, 2012

Enter Anatoli Bugorski… As a researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Bugorski used to work with …

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Quantum Levitation in Action!

October 20, 2011

It sounds like magic, but it actually is an astonishing phenomena captured by Tel-Aviv University. Watch the video below, then …

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What I learned from Victor Stenger’s book, “God: The Failed Hypothesis”

October 3, 2011

If you are looking for a solid treatment of theism by science, Stenger’s book is a great place to start. …

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Cell Phones (Still) Do Not Cause Cancer

September 10, 2011

Here we are again going back and forth on whether or not cell phones cause brain cancer. Even though basic …

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Exposing the Power Balance Con

September 2, 2011

Where We Stand Even though the purveyors of Power Balance bracelets have already admitted that there is no scientific basis …

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Free Fall on the Moon

August 15, 2011

Ah Science, it works everywhere. Galileo can make predictions about objects falling in a (near) vacuum under a gravitational field …

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Why Airport Body Scanners are Still Safe

July 31, 2011

In this post I have stumbled across a handy-dandy tool from the: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE CIVIL …

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This is What the Sun Looks Like

April 13, 2011

The Sun is awesome, and it makes life possible. Ever wanted to see what it actually looks like? Your welcome. …

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Radiation Visualized

April 6, 2011

Did you read my last post about airport body scanners and still were confused about the amount of radiation that …

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Are Airport Body Scanners Safe?

April 5, 2011

There is much fear-mongering about radiation these days; the damaged Japanese reactor affecting the US, the safety of nuclear power, …

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Exploring the “G-Force”: Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Concussions

March 22, 2011

The “G-force” as it is called,  determines the force imparted to objects, depending on the available gravity. You may have …

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Snowflakes are as Beautiful Up-close as You Think

February 28, 2011

The beauty of nature is its complexity and diversity. Especially in animals and plants, but also in that which the …

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First Contact

December 14, 2010

I have recently written about how science estimates the probability of alien life. Let’s say that all of the obstacles …

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Are We Alone?

November 22, 2010

I have written here before about the implausibility that aliens are communicating with us through crop circles, but putting that …

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The Cell Phone and Brain Cancer Myth

October 13, 2010

AT&Tumor? There has been a lot of fear over the years of the potential risks from prolonged cell phone use. …

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