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Archive for July, 2008

Bending Pencil

Playing around with light was never this much fun before we discovered the marvel of the bending pencil. There are numerous phenomena associated with light that have fascinated mankind throughout history. This fascination can be traced back to the principle of formation of shadows, which has been used by the ancient cavemen to keep a [...]

Why Do We Make Faces?

Expressions speak more than a thousand words. Our expressions give away our real feelings, even when our speech or written text might not do so, because in most of the cases, what we feel is reflected in our expressions. Humans, apart from having developed vocal language, possess a huge variety facial expressions which are able [...]

Are We Learning Real Skills From Social Networking ?

In the modern era most us of access the Internet, using it to enhance our knowledge and broaden our horizons about the world and many of its objects. A recent popular usage of the Internet in the past two three years is to connect with other people. The birth of the social networking sites have [...]

Simple Steps Towards Learning

Quite often I get asked if there is a simple thing that you can do to keep a child’s interest in science and learning going. It’s an issue many parents and even some teachers have to deal with regularly. Don’t fret! It may not always be easy but maintaining a child’s thirst for knowledge is simple.

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Zoom in concrete?

I randomly came across this video today and I thought I would share it with you guys.
It’s a camera zooming in 20 MILLION times magnitude.
That means it’s magnified so much that something 20 million miles away would look regular sized… except it’s concrete.
I’m glad they didn’t do it with something gross.

Levers - Simple Machines Rocking the World

From the very ancient times dating back to the ancient Greek civilization, man has been constantly on the look out of tools that could reduce the amount of effort required to carry out operations such as pushing, pulling and lifting heavy objects. Traditionally, machines have been divided into two categories: simple and complex.
Simple machines are [...]

Time Lapse Celery

You may be familiar with what happens when you put a stalk of celery into colored water. We decided to put a twist on this old experiment.

This experiment was fun to do!

Effect Of Drinking Juice On Kids

Lots of kids, when asked to eat fruits, shy away. A lot of kids like them, and some have vowed to not to eat fruits just because they don’t want to. However, if they are given the fruits in the form of juice, the opposition is much less as the juice is tastier.
Most juices in [...]

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