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Mesmerized by the Borealis installation. As part of the Cambridge Science Festival last weekend, Dan Acher recreated the Northern Lights right above the MIT Open Space on Kendall Square. Dan … Continue reading Cambridge Science Festival
“When the overall behavior is complex, it becomes impossible to characterize it in any complete way by just a few numbers”, Stephen Wolfram writes in A New Kind of Science. … Continue reading Simon found a sentence in Stephen Wolfram’s book that sums it all up!
We did two more experiments a couple days ago: Liquid Wires (creating a simple circuit using graphite and liquid glass, a sodium silicate solution) and making our own Zinc-Carbon Battery, … Continue reading MEL Chemistry Experiments: Making Batteries
Yesterday we attended one of the hundreds of Science Days venues open for free all over Belgium. Simon particularly enjoyed chemistry demos, even though he was disappointed that some companies … Continue reading Science Day in Belgium
Simon went further on his research about what exactly valence is, and what determines how many other atoms an atom can bond with. “What about Helium? My question is, how … Continue reading The way to own your knowledge
Above: “Mom, look, this is what we breathe in and this is what we breathe out!” Looking for a better organic chemistry set now, with plenty of carbon and hydrogen … Continue reading Some basic molecules
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