Who says Physics can’t be romantic? This is what I’ve made for my Physics lab partner (also known as my boyfriend of seven months) this Valentine’s Day.
*swoon*
It turns out that exploding bubbles of hydrogen filmed at 16,000 frames per second are one of the coolest things on Earth.
This is part of a study of the fluid dynamics of various explosive mixtures of hydrogen and air. The video talks a lot about the idea of “buoyancy”, which for flames and explosions relates to their ability to push out and displace the air around them, use up all the available fuel, etc.
Of course, if you’re not into the science side of it, just skip ahead in the video to about 1:20 and then pick your jaw up off the floor.
As per PhysicsPhysics recommendation, immediately stop what you are doing, and watch this video in 1080p in full screen. We promise you will have no regrets!
After extensive peer review, the Higgs Boson has finally become actual science.
CERN has not confirmed this is the Higgs Boson, but:
“… as the Standard Model of particle physics only has one undiscovered particle remaining, it probably is the Higgs boson.”
There is also the outside chance of it NOT being the HB, so what happens then? How does a Higgs-less universe come about? Who knows?
All that means is we would have to come up with a new method of physics to explain how particles acquire mass.
http://www.extremetech.com/extreme/95097-what-does-a-higgsless-universe-mean-for-science
One of my favorite little websites, Lists of Note, published this gem. It gives the “rest of us” a peek into the mind of a genius. He may have looked at his personal life in a similar way to his work.
By 1914, Albert Einstein’s marriage to his wife of 11 years, …
Is this for real? haha
New Cry3 Engine soft body physics gives realistic looking damage to objects. This is way cool!
The wave/particle duality of chickens. In Minecraft.
That is an awesome sentence.
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And not just any mistake. A LOOSE CABLE.
“There was a good reason the measurements and reality weren’t lining up: a loose fiber optic cable was causing one of the atomic clocks used to time the neutrinos’ flight to produce spurious results.”
oops
KNEW IT!
oh damn! there goes that neutrino-walks-into-a-bar joke…
:(
ahahahahahahahahahahahahaha xD
Today I Learned That The Speed Of Light Is Also The Speed Of Time
I can’t really explain this, I won’t do it justice because I’m just starting to understand it. SO instead, have some links:
I apologise for nothing.
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/mmrm8/if_photons_dont_travel_in_time_does_that_mean_the/
http://www.reddit.com/r/askscience/comments/fjwkh/why_exactly_can_nothing_go_faster_than_the_speed/c1gh4x7
Quantum Levitation by Tel Aviv University
Can I just say…
HOLY FREAKIN’ SHIT! THIS IS AMAZING. LITERALLY AMAZING. I AM SERIOUSLY NOT KIDDING, IT’S AMAZING.
(via trademark)
How can you watch this and NOT love physics???
