Hard to spit with cotton mouth.

posted by PlayhousePals 6 years 8 months ago • 778 views • 14:24

I set up a magnetic levitation apparatus in a chamber with about 1/800th normal air pressure.

posted by Mordhaus 6 years 9 months 2 weeks ago • 183 views • 8:27

YouTube description: More than five million people die every year from pollution-related illnesses, and nearly 10,000 of those deaths occur in London. But Romain LaCombe has made it his mission to change... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 170 views • 3:27

YouTube description: At the University of Manchester's High Voltage Laboratory, we see what happens when a DJI Phantom 3 drone gets hit with an electrical impulse of 1.4MV - basically, a lightning strike.... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 weeks ago • 339 views • 5:31

I compare a sample of heavy oxygen water to heavy hydrogen water.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 67 views • 11:43

After trying to blow up a watermelon with a smaller capacitor, my friend coyt brought over 4 capacitors rated at 20kv and 25uf each. They came from a lab that used to them to simulate the effects of lightning... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 400 views • 6:09

YouTube description: Meet Professor Jamie Seymour, he milks stuff. But nothing that moos, has hooves, wool or fur. He prefers to live life on the edge, milking the venom from the most venomous animals... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 176 views • 4:26

Follow up to this video... https://videosift.com/video/Cold-Welding-in-Atmosphere He tests a couple of theories for it in a vacuum chamber.

At YouTube Space New York, there's the Mixed Reality lab: a virtual reality setup using an HTC Vive, a third controller, and some fancy compositing equipment. It's brilliant, and I got to visit and look... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 2 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 4:26

I took Orange Sunshine once [true story] YouTube: Inside chemistry labs, chemists work with what they call superacids. No one’s found a specific use for such a fantastically strong acid yet, but chemists... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 793 views • 4:49

At the University of Salford's Energy House, all the energy use is monitored and controlled, allowing researchers to experiment with all sorts of insulation and energy-saving techniques. But how to control... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 104 views • 3:36

I teamed up with Cody, from Cody’s Lab, to experiment and see what would happen if Sodium Metal got flushed down the toilet.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 28 views • 5:20

YouTube description: Sometimes flight recorders are the only way the victims' families will know what happened to the plane. Immediately following an airplane crash anywhere in US territory, the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 10 months 3 weeks ago • 229 views • 5:31

Taking that internship in a remote mountain lab might not have been the best idea. Pulling that lever with the skull symbol just to see what it did probably wasn’t so smart either. But now is not the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 2 weeks ago • 2,094 views • 3:50

IFLScience: Still baffled by Einstein’s theory of relativity, or even the parts in the movie Interstellar when everyone experiences time differently? Well, this teenager’s explanation of special relativity... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 1,541 views • 7:34

"Since the 1960s, developmental psychologists point to the 'Visual Cliff'—an experiment that plops babies on a fake precipice—as proof that infants learn to fear heights as they learn to crawl. Yet,... continue reading

posted by ant 9 years 4 weeks ago • 386 views • 5:31

YouTube Description: Tuning forks are wonderful tools for teaching physics. In this video and accompanying article, James Lincoln, Physics Teacher at Tarbut V Torah High School highlights 10 enriching... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 9 years 4 months 4 weeks ago • 207 views • 5:16

iflscience: If there was ever a video that illustrated why safety goggles need to be worn in the lab, this is it. The guys over at Slow Mo Lab have poured 98% concentrated sulfuric acid over a kitchen... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 5 months ago • 173 views • 2:25