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Calculating Calories by Burning Gummy Bears to Death
In a recent episode of the MythBusters, the team launched a rocket with Gummy Bear fuel and one with poop as a fuel. How do you know how much energy is stored?
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6 Things You Probably Didn’t Know About Gravitational Waves
There are so many cool aspects of LIGO's detection of gravitational waves. Here are six ideas for you to consider.
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Dominate Calculus With a Few Easy Tricks
A numerical integration solves an integral by breaking into a finite number of sums. This is fairly straightforward to do with a computer.
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The Physics of OK Go’s Epic New Zero-G Video
OK Go has created another epic video. This one involves a zero g environment inside of an aircraft. Here' how it works.
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Using Gravitational Waves to Pinpoint Colliding Black Holes
In the recent LIGO announcement, it was claimed the event was two colliding black holes 1.3 billion years ago. How do we know this?
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You–Yes, You–Can Calculate the Speed of Light With Jupiter
Ole Roemer used the moons of Jupiter to estimate the speed of light. Here's how he did it.
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Tackle a Runner Like a Super Bowl Player—With Physics!
What path should you take to catch another football player? Here are three different ways to run the play.
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Clever Ways to Catch a Pro Cyclist Cheating With a Hidden Motor
In so-called mechanical doping, a rider hides an electric motor in a bike. How could you detect these motors without taking the bike apart?
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Psst: You Could Probably Lift a Car by Sucking Through a Straw
The MythBusters lifted a car with a vacuum cleaner. Could you do the same thing by replacing the vacuum cleaner with a human sucking through a straw?
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