Everyone needs some “go to” demos. Personally, I like this one. It’s not too difficult to build and it’s easy to use. Take a large block of wood (it needs to have a good mass). I used a left over ...

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Materials Needed: a piece of flannel which is clean and dry or paper towel, stream of water, flexible plastic ruler and a party balloon. In order for the stream of water to flow out, you need to open ...

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How does one explain complicated scientific or technical terms with only a thousand most commonly used words in English? Explaining without jargon would be hard enough, but with just a thousand ...

It's complicated Studying the history of scientific disciplines like materials is not as easy as you might think. (Courtesy: iStock/Ani Ka) A neurosurgeon, who is about to retire, approaches a ...

Materials Needed: A can of root beer, a can of diet root beer, a large container of water and a deep sink or a bathtub. This experiment number four on our list of simple physics experiments with ...