Can You Really Run on Top of a Train, Like in the Movies?
[ad_1] Just because you see something done in a movie, that doesn’t mean you should try it yourself. Take, for example, a human running on top of a moving train.…
Can You View a Round Solar Eclipse Through a Square Hole?
[ad_1] If you live in the US and missed the last total solar eclipse in 2017, good news! You’re about to get another chance. There will be a total solar…
Stumped by Heat Pumps?
[ad_1] Now stretch it really hard and quickly hold it to your upper lip, which is sensitive to temperature. You will feel that it’s warmer than it was before. That’s…
How to Convince Your Flat-Earth Friends the World Is Round
[ad_1] Illustration: Rhett Allain You can see that we have a right triangle with the hypotenuse equal to the distance from the observer’s eyes to the center of the Earth…
Why the Polar Vortex Is Bad for Balloon Artists
[ad_1] It’s been crazy cold this week, even down where I live in Louisiana, thanks to an outbreak of a polar vortex. This frigid air is bad for all kinds…