The Most Reflective Mirror In The World

posted by BSR 2 months 3 weeks ago • 105 views • 57 secs

YouTube description: Almost all kids will mirror write at some point. Why? *Our in-studio shoot with other Vox team members was done before the Covid-19 outbreak. We are currently safely working... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 8 months ago • 68 views • 4:30

YouTube description: This video demonstrate how differently the air spreads when coughing. This visualizes the high importance of the World Health Organization's behavioral recommendations for protection... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 4 years 9 months ago • 427 views • 1:09

You've probably spun around a coin for fun at some point, but this physics toy uses the physics of a spinning coin to keep spinning faster and faster for up to 2 minutes. As seen on The Big Bang Theory,... continue reading

This is very much not how I remember it being reported around the time of the repair mission. I'm sure that at the time it was incorrectly reported as being due to the effect of grinding the mirror under... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 1,191 views • 7:52

In the Aljarafe region of Spain, there's PS10 and PS20: concentrated solar power towers. They're huge towers surrounded by heliostats: movable mirrors that track the sun and reflect its light onto a giant... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 1 month 3 weeks ago • 441 views • 2:42

YouTube description: This unreal experiment allows you to see air movement around any object. Download the music in this video: Song #1: Over Rain iTunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/over-rain-single/id1033... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 307 views • 3:47

Have you ever wondered why mirrors appear to flip things horizontally but not vertically? Me either.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 10 months 1 week ago • 704 views • 3:48

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) 1 decade 1 week ago • 207 views • 5:16

A less-than-exciting video explaining the details of lunar ranging experiments using "retro-reflectors" left on the moon from various moon landings. As explained in the video, retro-reflectors are not... continue reading

A guide demonstrates what you can do with a real image from a giant concave mirror at the San Francisco Exploratorium.

posted by eric3579 1 decade 6 months ago • 1,855 views • 2:17

From http://www.bluesnews.com/cgi-bin/board.pl?action=viewthread&boardid=1&threadid=144107 ...

posted by ant 1 decade 1 year 4 months 1 week ago • 878 views • 7:14

For science geeks: Making a silvered flask using silver nitrate. YouTube Description: Demonstrating the Tollens' test for aldehydes and reducing sugars... continue reading

posted by mintbbb 1 decade 1 year 9 months 1 week ago • 1,585 views • 5:20

The guy who does the Sixty Symbols videos goes behind the scenes of the KMOS sensor array that will be added to the VLT (Very Large Telescope) array in Chile. The KMOS is being made in Scotland. Lots of... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 9 months ago • 1,383 views • 6:57

Richard Feynman describes a basic science riddle, how mirrors confuse left and right but not up and down.