by McKenna Gordon | Feb 10, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, HISTORY, SCIENCE
As an Australian-Canadian the Fahrenheit temperature scale always seemsed a bit arbitrary. I mean why does water freeze at 32 degrees? And what exactly does zero represent? According to many sources the Fahrenheit scale was defined by setting zero degrees equal to the...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE, SPACE
This TED Ed from Harvard University’s Yuan-Sen Ting gives us a glimpse into how we can know so much about galaxies, planets, and stars. This is how astrophysicists see the universe. “Want to know the secrets of the universe? Just follow the...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Seven builders collaborate to make this epic Rube Goldberg machine, a complex chain reaction that travels through the kitchen, bedroom, bathroom, office, living room, patio, and backyard, using everyday objects to automatically pour lemonade for the entire team of...
by McKenna Gordon | Feb 3, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE, SCIENCE
Using a mixture of 6 parts water, 2 parts dish soap and 1 part white corn syrup, Don Komarechka filmed ice crystals forming across the thin walls of freezing bubbles. The corn syrup is an important ingredient as it allows the bubble to thicken on the bottom and acts...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 24, 2019 | ANIMALS, AWESOME VIDEOS, NATURE, SCIENCE
Charlie from “Weird But True!” and “Nature Boom Time!” on National Geographic explains why geese fly in a “V”...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 24, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Because of the chaotic way fingerprints develop and the multiplying effect of compound probability, it’s basically impossible for any two fingers to have matching...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 17, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
You can easily do all these experiments at home if you’ve got a plate, a glass, an index card, a q-tip, a penny, an eye dropper, dish soap, some food coloring, or a cup of coffee. Try one or all of them...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 17, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
In this mesmerizing video, see how a water strider walks on water, and how a drop of milk in water actually stretches the water’s surface instead of breaking it. It has to do with the elastic property of the water surface, a phenomenon called surface...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | ART, AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE, SPACE
Watch this stunning footage taking you deep inside a space nebulae. “A cloud that veils one of nature’s secret places. This is a stellar nursery, a place where stars are born. They condense by gravity from gas and dust until their temperatures become so...
by McKenna Gordon | Jan 15, 2019 | AWESOME VIDEOS, SCIENCE
Less than a tenth the size of an ant, a dust mite’s whole world is contained in the dusty film under a bed or in a forgotten corner. This realm is right under our noses, but from our perspective, the tiny specks of brilliant color blend together into a nondescript...
