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Scientist Rock Crosslin joined us for some electric experiments! He taught us that electricity is a type of electromagnetic energy. A simple circuit includes a battery or power source, a path or wire, ...
Bits of material levitating against gravity, a stream of water deflected by invisible means, sparks of light appearing out of thin air; with observations like those, it’s a wonder that the early ...
A virtual laboratory under development at the University of North Carolina at Greensboro aims to let students experiment with physics concepts without physically being in a lab. Computer simulations ...
On January 17, 1803, a young man named George Forster was hanged for murder at Newgate prison in London. After his execution, as often happened, his body was carried ceremoniously across the city to ...
A pink bunny was used by Duracell but Duracell forgot to renew their trademark and Energizer scooped it up giving us the Energizer Bunny ...