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A beginners' guide to exoplanets
How does technology know where in the world we are?
How do no-fly zones work?
All about... the International Space Station
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What is radioactivity?
Faking Mayhem
How does GPS work?
What is cavitation?
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Biography of Johannes Stark
Johannes Stark (1874 - 1957) received the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1919 for his discovery of the Doppler effect in canal rays and of the splitting of spectral lines in electric fields.


Race to Mars - Known effects of long-term space flights on the human body
Read about the effect of space travel from feeling sick to bone loss and muscle wasting.


Accelerated Travels
A look at the combined effect on distance from an origin of distance traveled and relativistic effects during accelerated travel.

Moving Point source: Doppler effect and shock wave
An animation to illustrate the propagation of sound waves from a moving source. You can modify the wave speed, the source speed and wavelength.


Doppler Shift for Sound and Light
Text based page describing the mathematics of a Doppler Shift for sound and light.


Convection in a Box
Brief description of some experiments with smoke in a closed box, with normal convection currents and odd effects, includes diagrams and discussion of effects.


Biological Effects of Low-Level, Electromagnetic Fields
Statements from the Institution of Engineering and Technology on the possible health effects of EM fields and radiation from power lines, mobile phones and their associated base stations.


Quantum biology: Do weird physics effects abound in nature?
Read how biology exploit quantum effects to harness nature.


The physical effect that creates tiny electrical storms in your body
An article explaining the thermodielectric effect and where it occurs.