The Physics of Dropping Out of a Plane in an Inflatable Ball
LIGO Ain’t a Gravitational Wave Detector—It’s an Observatory
The Volcanoes of Nicaragua Sure Have Been Cranky This Year
Science Fairs Have Lost Their Way. Let’s Make Them Cool Again
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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Mount St. Helens Has Nothing on Its Little-Known Neighbors
You might not think the middle of Oregon is volcano central, but over the last 5,000 years, it really is.
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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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Watch One of the First Volcanic Eruptions Ever Filmed
Could this film of Lassen Peak erupting in 1915 be one of the oldest existing films of a volcanic eruption?
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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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