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What space does to your five senses
Commander Hadfield explains in five short videos what happens to your senses in space.
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Rock Skipping Tips from the BYU Splash Lab using High Speed Photography
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Rock Skipping Tips from the BYU Splash Lab using High Speed Photography
Learn the best way to skip rocks.
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The physics of ice cream
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The physics of ice cream
A great article on the physics that goes on in making ice cream.
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Dispatches from the Dirt Lab #2: Building Better Sandcastles
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Dispatches from the Dirt Lab #2: Building Better Sandcastles
Learn how to make the sand castles strong enough for you to stand on.
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A beginner's guide to kites
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A beginner's guide to kites
This NASA site focuses on the aerodynamics of kite flight, including the kite modeler applet which allows you to test out different designs.
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The Science of Stars
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The Science of Stars
This site from the BBC gives comprehensive information on stars: why they twinkle, what happens inside a star and more.
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Tiny Planets
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Tiny Planets
Cartoon characters Bing and Bong, introduce primary school pupils to light and colour, springs, and a host of other science topics. An intriguing approach!
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How could the universe expand faster than the speed of light?
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How could the universe expand faster than the speed of light?
A short article on inflation - the moment where the universe may have expanded faster than the speed of light.
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Diamond Brought to Light
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Diamond Brought to Light
A 20 minute video about the Diamond Synchrotron and the engineers who work on getting the Diamond Light Source up and running.
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An explanation behind virtual particles and how they can be detected indirectly.
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13/06/2013 12:07:03 | Are virtual particles really constantly popping in and out of existence?
Gordon Kane, director of the Michigan Center for Theoretical Physics at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor explains virtual particles.
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13/06/2013 11:50:56 | A 10-minute lesson in supersymmetry
In two videos, Fermilab physicist Don Lincoln explains the what and the why of supersymmetry.