June 2011

A Wee Bit of Science

  • 22 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 4.1
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How much water do you need to drink?
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Radio Carbon Dating

  • 22 Jun, 2011
  • views 593
  • ★ 4.4
  • comments 2
How the decay of Carbon-14 can be used to date archeological specimens.
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Centripetal Force

  • 22 Jun, 2011
  • views 1045
  • ★ 4.1
  • comments 4
A bucket of water upside-down over your head. Not the smartest thing ever? Keep watching…
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The Test

  • 22 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 3
  • comments 0
Alpha radiation can’t make it past the first paper. Geddit?
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Gravity

  • 22 Jun, 2011
  • views 398
  • ★ 1.8
  • comments 0
Gravity. You probably guessed that from the title. There are globes and aeroplanes and balls so on. You probably guessed that too.
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Sound

  • 22 Jun, 2011
  • views 332
  • ★ 2.2
  • comments 0
The principles of sound, explained and demonstrated.
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Email

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 599
  • ★ 2.8
  • comments 4
Moving data across the internet - explained with Brio!
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Fusion Love

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 292
  • ★ 2.9
  • comments 0
A song about nuclear fusion.
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Groovy Lava

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 3.1
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How lava lamps work, and a similar effect you can produce in your kitchen.
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Gravity!!

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 446
  • ★ 3.7
  • comments 1
Gravity, and why you can’t fly.
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2-Minute Cell

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 391
  • ★ 3.6
  • comments 0
Cooking up a cell with Flagella Lawson and Golgi Ramsey.
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Gravity

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 170
  • ★ 1
  • comments 1
Gravity, flight, and a trolley service of drinks and light refreshments.
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Bee Aware

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 235
  • ★ 3.6
  • comments 0
Bee population decline, and what we can do about it.
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Ice Lift

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 208
  • ★ 4.1
  • comments 1
Lifting an ice cube using string and… salt?
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Mr Frog’s Bad Day

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 342
  • ★ 4.4
  • comments 0
Accuracy, precision, reliability, and a frog with a very sore head.
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A Bit of Light Relief

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 93
  • ★ 5
  • comments 0
A group of refraction demonstrations involving glasses of water.
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Photosynthesis

  • 21 Jun, 2011
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  • ★ 5
  • comments 0
Photosynthesis in nature, theory and the lab.
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Magic Pencil…. or not?

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 426
  • ★ 4.2
  • comments 0
Why a pencil appears to bend when partly-immersed in water.
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Bang! - Chemistry in Everyday Life

  • 21 Jun, 2011
  • views 187
  • ★ 2
  • comments 0
Metals reacting with hydrochloric acid, and a fizzy explosion.
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The Laser

  • 20 Jun, 2011
  • views 788
  • ★ 4.2
  • comments 3
How lasers can be used to play CDs, or to shoot down a hostile alien battle fleet.
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