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All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in Science Rely on Two Stone-Age Techniques thumbnail

All the Fancy Measuring Devices Used in

The multifarious methods we use to gather experimental data ultimately...

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls of Aluminum Foil! thumbnail

Build a Radio Wave Detector With Balls

Here’s how you can hack together a radio transmitter and...

Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass? thumbnail

Do Lightsaber Blades Have Mass?

On Star Wars Day, we put to rest a question...

How Can Astronauts Tell How Fast They’re Going? thumbnail

How Can Astronauts Tell How Fast They’re

Weirdly, spaceships have no direct way to gauge their own...

One Way or Another, Most of Our Electricity Comes From Solar Power thumbnail

One Way or Another, Most of Our

That’s good news, since the forecast is sunshine for the...

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles on the Floor thumbnail

You Can Approximate Pi by Dropping Needles

Who needs a supercomputer when you can calculate pi with...

How Can a Locomotive Pull a Long Train That’s Much Heavier? thumbnail

How Can a Locomotive Pull a Long

For railroads, it’s all about managing static and kinetic friction.

How to Use Physics to Escape an Ice Bowl thumbnail

How to Use Physics to Escape an

Here are three smart tricks, based on an understanding of...

Could You Use a Rowboat to Walk on the Seafloor Like Jack Sparrow? thumbnail

Could You Use a Rowboat to Walk

In Pirates of the Caribbean, Jack and Will use an...

How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other Solar Systems? thumbnail

How Do Astronomers Find Planets in Other

Even the best telescopes can’t see exoplanets. It’s all about...

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