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A beginners' guide to exoplanets
How do no-fly zones work?
How does technology know where in the world we are?
Faking Mayhem
What is radioactivity?
How do 3D films work?
How does GPS work?
What causes the Earth's magnetic field?
Are we really all made of stardust?
Could your phone harm your health?
Are lightsabers possible?
What is a kilogram?
How do solar cells work?
Who is Stephen Hawking?
Laser pest control
How does auto-tune pitch correction work?
Interaction of radiation with matter
Different parts of the electromagnetic spectrum have very different effects on different things.
Cygnus X-1
Doppler studies of this blue supergiant in Cygnus indicate a period of 5.6 days in orbit around an unseen companion. The mass of the companion is calculated to be 8-10 solar masses, much too large to ...
Doppler Physlet
Vary the velocity and notice the wavelength shift ahead of and behind the source. A shock wave, i.e., sonic boom, can be seen to form if the speed of the source is comparable to the phase velocity.
Magnetic Reversals
Space weather effects on technology such as GPS, power systems, submarines, satellites, planes and more.
Steamy Science: Demonstrating Condensation
A simple experiment to demonstrate the effects of pressure and how gases work.
NASA to send spidernauts into space
News story about an upcoming experiment on the effects of microgravity on living organisms.
Building For A Landscape On The Loose
An article describing the effects of earthquakes on building structures.
Interference Experiments
A nice page explaining the various properties of wave interference effects.
How Weightlessness Works
A brief description of how Weightlessness and microgravity work, concentration on the physiological effects. From HowStuffWorks.com.