
Ever held a toy under your running bath water? Did it spin or twist away from you? This is explained by a law proposed by a guy named Sir Isaac Newton. Specifically, the law states that ‘for every action there is an equal and opposite reaction’.
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Gravity is a mysterious thing. We experience its effects every day but never really think about. Not enough gravity and we’d be floating around in space. Too much gravity and we’d be flattened like a pancake. Luckily, the gravitational pull is just right here on Earth. It keeps us comfortably anchored to the ground. Still,…
Zero-G refers to weightlessness and means “zero g-force” not “zero gravity” as some would believe. It’s most commonly envisioned as astronauts floating around in space. You can experience zero gravity in a free falling airplane too and in fact, astronauts use these free falling planes to train in a weightless environment.
Have you ever stopped to think about the foods you eat and what they might contain? Did you know that you consume metal every day? Just like a tool grinder chews through a metal blade, we ingest metal in our diet every day without even knowing it. What’s even more surprising is that metal, specifically…
You probably already know about the mystical force that exists on Earth called gravity. It pulls everything down toward the ground. It’s pretty amazing, because without gravity we would all be floating around in space. But have you ever wondered if this force pulls heavy objects down faster than light objects? The answer may surprise…
The reaction we’ll describe below is purely physical, not chemical. Some liquids like soda can be supersaturated with gas, in this case, carbon dioxide. The saturation occurs when the liquid is in equilibrium with the gas. When the liquid is opened, the equilibrium is disturbed, and the carbon dioxide comes out of the solution.
Being a prominent (ahem) member of the scientific community, Geek Slop has a lot of scientist friends. Geek Slop knows that the thing that bugs scientists more than anything, is when people don’t believe their theories (well, that and burning lab coats). And when it comes to Darwin’s Theory of Evolution, scientists treat it almost…