Make fascinating bubbles which rather than floating on water actually sink.
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For this week's kitchen science I took some high speed footage of some cello strings but there were some fascinating effects which didn't really fit into the kitchen science, so I thought I would post them here.
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Make beautiful music with some string and a table, and find out why some notes sound great together.
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Ever since I acquired my own high speed camera (after an unfortunate incident with a borrowed high speed camera and an exploding pumpkin) I have been pointing at things which may be interesting.
Last week I tried light bulbs as they turned off with some quite colourful and fascinating results.
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Dave builds a makeshift telescope from a pair of magnifying glasses - but be careful not to get dizzy - the image it produces is upside down!
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Just quickly, I was looking out of the window one afternoon last thursday and noticed how snow was just settling where cars used to be parked, which seemed quite strange because one would have thought that a car having been parked over the tarmac should be warm and make the snow less likely to settle.
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How can you make sure your secret letters are only read by the right person? Invisible ink, of course! We show you how to make your own invisible ink using everyday household chemicals...
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It's "On Your Marks..." for a watery microwave race - will water boil before ice melts?...
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Here is an interesting effect I noticed a couple of years ago. I was actually attempting to smash a wineglass using sound. I was using a piece of paper to detect when the glass was nearing resonance, and accidentally discovered something altogether more fascinating, the paper started to levitate.
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Convert normal soot into a beautiful silvery substance using just a candle, some water and a mug...
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Make a truly irresistible rubbery solid that you just can't keep your hands off...
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Find an excuse for a party, make some party food, and find out why some kinds of fruit work in jelly and others don't!
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Make the cheapest microscope in the world, using a piece of plastic and some water. And find out what it has to do with sneezing on your TV screen!
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If you have ever been too lazy to get up and blow out a candle a few feet away, then we might have the answer.
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Does a mint actually make your mouth cold? And for that matter does chilli make it hot? We try and find out.
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You may have noticed funky colours in CDs before, but where do they come from and why do they look different if you look at different lights?
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Find out how to make ordinary sellotape glow in the dark, and how it has been used to make an X-ray.
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Make you and a friend seem to appear and dissapear or even stand in the same place, just using a piece of glass.
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Build your very own medieval siege machine out of odds and ends you can find lying around the house
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Stick two glasses together using the power of hot air.
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Confuse your brain using a mouse. And Ben tries to throw a ball from a differnt perspective.
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Create plasmas from a humble grape in your microwave.
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An experiment you can carry out using a cup of tea and a little milk
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How to use the power of the atmosphere to crush your drinks cans for you...
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Find out what happens if you heat a rubber band and what it has to do with crisp packets and shrink wrap.
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Use the power of catalysis to create oxygen and relight a piece of wood, and we give the same reaction a more explosive twist.
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If you have ever wondered how to impale a potato with a straw? Then this experiment is for you...
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Use whirling tennis balls to lift weights and find out what centrifugal force is.
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You have heard the saying, but it is meaningless unless you know exactly how useful a chocolate teapot actually is. We try to find out how thick the walls of a chocolate teapot would have to be to let you brew tea...
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