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Portal 2 Cocktails
If you drink enough of these, the physics will start to make sense. The Drunken Moogle, inventor and teacher of many geeky cocktail recipes, brings us the perfect Portal 2 drink. You’ll need blue...
View ArticleYe Olde Explanation
(YouTube link) Why do we say “Ye Olde” something-or-other when we want to sound Old English? According to the history of the term, it was never pronounced that way! Minute Physics explains in a hurry,...
View ArticleHow A Slush Machine Works
(YouTube link) How are liquid slushes served at temperatures below freezing? It’s the magic of physics! -via The Daily What Geek
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Two-Fluid Snap Off
At what point does a drop of fluid pinch off into two droplets? University of Chicago professor of physics Sidney Nagel snapped the photo of such an event: How does one fluid body become two? At what...
View ArticleUnderstanding the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics (With a Cat)
Serge Haroche and David Wineland were awarded the 2012 Nobel Prize in Physics on Tuesday. They share the prize for independently developing methods to study particles of light…without destroying that...
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How to Pronounce Huygens
(YouTube link) Or, conversely, how to tell if the person you are speaking with is Dutch. Dutch physicist and mathematician Christiaan Huygens contributed a lot to the science of physics, including the...
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Bouncing a Drop of Water on Water
Here’s a nifty party trick, courtesy of physics: how to bounce droplets of water on the surface of water. Physics Buzz Blog explains: Typically, when a droplet of water plunges into a pool of water,...
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The Physics of Coffee Rings
(YouTube link) This video shows us the strangely fascinating process behind the formation of coffee rings on a surface. As the water evaporates, the solid particles of coffee rush to the edges of the...
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Common Physics Misconceptions
(YouTube link) Minute Physics quickly lets us in on some slight but important differences in what we thought we knew and what really is. Since I never studied physics, a lot of this was new to me....
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Wright’s Law
(YouTube link) Jeffrey Wright is a very popular and effective physics teacher at Louisville Male Traditional High School in Kentucky. But he has lessons from his own life that are even more important...
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