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Olympic Controversy: How does the "Space-Age Swimsuit" Work?
(Articles/Know More)
Tags: [experiment, friction, drag, water, mass, movement] ...
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Hey Food
(Videos/Quirk Side of the Moon)
... mixing with water: an epic fail Hey proteins, you help me grow You make signals, fibers, and enzymes A chain of amino acids in line Folding yourself in cool designs So break it down and take it in, hey ...
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Olympic Controversy: How does the "Space-Age Swimsuit" Work?
(Articles/Know More)
... website claims that the suit is made of "ultra lightweight, powerful and water-repellent" material, and that it reduces "muscle oscillation and skin vibration", which in turn leads to "low skin friction ...
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Stay Abreast on Oscillations
(SmartA[xxx]e/Physical Concepts)
... of its shape, but that's besides the point; if the player was bouncing this ball inside water, the "slowing down" effect would be even more visible. If, on the other hand, the player is using a lot more ...
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Spare Change in Potential
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... as this experience. We will start with the scientific principles. Then, we’ll go on to my flying metal clips. Pooooiiing. What you need? Pennies. Nickels. Salt water (just mix water with about ...
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Bending Water with a Plastic Comb
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
Yes, yes, I seem to have an affinity towards bending stuff, specifically wet stuff. Last time I bent a laser beam using water, and this time I’m going to magically bend water using a plastic comb. Science ...
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A Physics Party Trick that Sucks… Liquid
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... (the matter itself remains, no matter is mysteriously ‘vanishing’ or ‘created’ out of nothing!). But now, the pressures are different and therefore the water outside the glass are pushed inwards — the ...
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DNA Madness: Extracting your Own DNA in your Kitchen!
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... or clean and clear bottles. I used “travel-size”empty plastic bottles for the experiment. These work, just make sure they are properly cleaned with distilled water. Distilled water. Rubbing Alcohol. ...
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A Party Trick for the Watery Dense..
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
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 ...
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The earth’s curvature is tasty
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... we do the same, only we use a Pummelo. Because it’s easier. And tastier. Materials Needed for the Experiment: Any type of round, big, (preferably tasty) fruit. I used a Red Pummelo, but a Watermelon ...
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Goofing around with Non-Newtonian [Goo] Fluid
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... water-pistol, for example, and you want to splash a target, the harder you press the trigger, the faster water come out. Pressure affects viscosity. Ketchup is another example. It has very strong ‘resistance’ ...
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An otherwise straight beam of light...
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... - that is exactly what is happening within the flow of water. Materials Used in this Experiment A Plastic Bottle - preferably clear and empty. Duct Tape. (I used blue, you can use whichever color ...
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Duckies and the Doppler Effect
(Videos/SmarterThanThat Experiments)
... Duckies with their Rubber Duckie Mommy. Any kind of bucket, tub or bowl. Preferably clean water. A buzzer or any type of annoying sound making device ($1.60 in Radio Shack). Do not use a baby. Batteries ...
