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Simon has been dreaming to try creating the Steve Mould effect, or the chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads. It’s a counterintuitive physical phenomenon, almost a magic trick, that occurs … Continue reading The Steve Mould Effect
Monday was a chemistry day as we went to the post office to fetch our brand new delivery from the MEL Science subscription! We set a record of 6 chemistry … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Flames and Minerals
Inspired by the ActionLab channel, Simon and his sister Neva have developed this interesting tool below that helps understand how human lungs and diaphragm work: the plastic bottle has a … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Human Lung Simulation
This is a remake of a Veritasium video, Simon and Neva attempt to suck up a 6 meter long (6mm thick) straw.
Simon has always wanted to experiment with torque-induced precession (gyroscopic precession), a phenomenon usually demonstrated with a heavy wheel one can hold perpendicular to the ground as long as it … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Gyroscopic Procession
A demo of how Pascal’s Law doesn’t apply to compressible fluids.
Simon tests how well different light waves travel through the minuscule hole of the camera obscura.
Simon was trying to get a cylindrical beaker to float in water (first in bath and then in a deeper bowl), by filling it with the optimal number of marbles. … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Center of mass lower than buoyancy center
Simon studying light reflection as part of the so-called Penrose Illumination Problem: if a room with mirrored walls can always be illuminated by a single point light source, allowing for … Continue reading Illumination Problem
And some more winter physics: trying to powders snow and ice:
This is almost a magic trick that Simon borrowed from the Actionlab channel. Will the wooden block fall down on the ground once you let it go? Obviously, it will. … Continue reading Physics Experiments: Will the wooden block fall?
Simon trying to build a device that allows to carry a cup without spilling the liquid, i.e. with a minimum lateral acceleration to the cup. Extra footage of us having … Continue reading Physics Experiments: No Spill?
Geeks out of the box 