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A Wee Bit of Science

  • 22 Jun, 2011
  • views 999
  • ★ 4.1
  • comments 9
How much water do you need to drink?
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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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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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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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Sound

  • 19 Jun, 2011
  • views 323
  • ★ 3.3
  • comments 0
Verse and images about sound, how it travels and how it affects our lives.
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Messing About With Boats

  • 19 Jun, 2011
  • views 249
  • ★ 4.8
  • comments 0
Detergent-powered boats!
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The Great Cheddar Cheese Mystery

  • 14 Jun, 2011
  • views 397
  • ★ 2.9
  • comments 1
Is Cheddar Gorge really made of cheese? Ignoring the fact that nobody thinks it is, this team investigate anyway!
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Fire Extinguisher

  • 14 Jun, 2011
  • views 286
  • ★ 3.1
  • comments 2
Bicarb, vinegar, and a channel-hopping TV set that… oh, you’ll just have to watch it.
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The X Statics

  • 14 Jun, 2011
  • views 234
  • ★ 4
  • comments 4
Electrostatics, talent-show style.
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The Particle Zoo

  • 10 Jun, 2011
  • views 1119
  • ★ 4.3
  • comments 2
The standard model of particle physics — in song!
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Jack And The Beanstalk

  • 07 Jun, 2011
  • views 5123
  • ★ 4.2
  • comments 10
Mining a pantomime for every last drop of biology. There’s more than you’d expect. Oh, yes there is!
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Refraction and The Invisible Beaker

  • 06 Jun, 2011
  • views 916
  • ★ 4.2
  • comments 1
How to make a beaker disappear, using only vegetable oil and a little knowledge of refractive indices.
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Building an Igloo

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 1558
  • ★ 0
  • comments 0
Snow + science technician + video camera = igloo! Obviously.
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Sonoluminescence

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 1834
  • ★ 0
  • comments 0
Light from sound. Wait… what?
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The Leidenfrost Effect

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 8759
  • ★ 4.4
  • comments 0
An introduction to the wonderful Leidenfrost effect.
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How Hot Air balloons Fly

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 2356
  • ★ 4.3
  • comments 0
An animated explanation of hot air balloons.
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Rockets!

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 1128
  • ★ 0
  • comments 0
Rockets, Newton’s laws, and Scottish weather.
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Gravity, Mass and Weight

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 4825
  • ★ 5
  • comments 0
The difference between mass and weight, in Lego. Best Film 2010.
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The Last Straw

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 1464
  • ★ 4.5
  • comments 0
Fun with straws and atmospheric pressure.
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Spooky Siphoning

  • 18 Jul, 2010
  • views 1463
  • ★ 4.5
  • comments 0
Siphoning, with added horror.
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