Posts Tagged ‘physics’
A Physics Definition of Velociraptor
By Ben | sciencePersonally, I'd've preferred using the slope of a displaceraptor-timeraptor graph... via Know Your Meme
Caught on Camera: The Pitch Has Dropped
By Ben | scienceAs previously covered in these pages, the Pitch Drop experiment involves setting up a funnel [&hellip
50 foot long bead chain seems to defy gravity
By Ben | scienceThe video looks completely fake, but don't worry, it's just physics. They explain what's happening [&hellip
Atomic Scale Stop Motion (now with witty comments)
By Ben | scienceEver wonder what nanophysicists do for fun? Make stop-motion films where the pixels are individual [&hellip
Wringing out Water from a Washcloth in Zero G
By Ben | science, space[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o8TssbmY-GM] My initial thoughts on what would happen were pretty wrong- though once I [&hellip
Streamlines Visualize Gravitational Fields
By Ben | infographics, science, spaceFrom matthen: "Streamlines exposing the structure of a gravitational field surrounding multiple masses. Streamlines run in the direction [&hellip
Love & the Strong Nuclear Force
By Ben | funny, scienceby
A Slower Speed of Light - Relativistic Gaming
By Ben | education, games, scienceIf you've every wondered what it'd be like to travel near the speed, of light, [&hellip
Gravity-Defying Water Illusion
By Ben | science[youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uENITui5_jU&version=3&hl=en_US] It may look like the water in the video above is ignoring gravity. [&hellip
Wave Pendulums: The Ultimate Desktop Toy
By Ben | scienceJoe Hanson of It's Okay To Be Smart explains: A wave pendulum like this is built of [&hellip
Lava Fountains vs the Empire State Building
By Ben | infographics, nature, scienceLava fountains are impressive. Recently Mt. Etna has been throwing up lava fountains that reach [&hellip
Quality of diagram v. Desire to not actually work on a physics problem.
By Ben | funny, scienceby
Hunter Pence hits a baseball three times with one swing
By Ben | sportsfrom SBNation via FanGraphs.com Does that mean his batting average was 3.000 for that at [&hellip
Fezziks! (Inconceivably Fun Illustrations)
By Ben | art, pop culture, scienceby Benjamin Starr via @shareski Follow the link for many more!
Relativistic Baseball: Hitting a ball pitched at 90% the speed of light
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia what-if.xkcd.com tl;dr version: The batter is posthumously awarded first base
Fun with Quantum Levitation
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia openculture.com The website from the School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel-Aviv University explains [&hellip
Why it's important to understand physics:
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia i.imgur.com
Physicist Robert Wilson on the value of pure science.
By Ben | Uncategorized1969 testimony on the proposed multimillion dollar particle accelerator that would eventually be known as [&hellip
My Little Pony Physics Presentation
By Ben | Uncategorizedvia youtube.com Brings me back to a few physics presentations I've seen in my days [&hellip
Quarks
By Ben | UncategorizedA great combination of science & photography. View the whole set. (via @dannynic)