The officially unofficial "Weird Science" thread..

[phyregod]

We have a spot for hot chicks, girlfriends, guns, knives, funny shit, blah blah blah.. But what about science? Do we need one? I had nowhere to post this, and it wasn't really worth a thread of its own.. So here we go.. Science stuff!


Alka-seltzer.. in space!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bgC-ocnTTto

I totally would not have called that..

 

[TurboMirage]

"sometimes you just have to do an experiment to figure out whats gonna happen"

 

[phunky.buddha]

Oh man... I could fill this thread up with crazy stuff. I never save the links though.

 

[kelsodeez]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpH_TD_SVTc

 

[phunky.buddha]

^^ Easy... bismuth / diamagnetic material underneath a magnet.

 

[phyregod]

Ferrofluid: Iron infused fluids manipulated by electro magnets. pure awesome.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=me5Zzm2TXh4

 

[phunky.buddha]

THOSE are cool.

 

[Magana559]

^^ Easy... bismuth / diamagnetic material underneath a magnet.

I think its liquid nitrogen and a super conducter. when a superconducter is cooled to a supe cool temp it repels the magnet.

 

[Magana559]

you can buy liquid magnets at united nuclear.

 

[civicious]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CpH_TD_SVTc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UxszvrUeluE

 

[Magana559]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=05JTYmkhrMI

 

[double0Si]

^ Im gonna have to write that down.

Some pretty interesting stuff already. That liquid metal stuff is indeed awesome. Nice finds.

 

[phunky.buddha]

I think its liquid nitrogen and a super conducter. when a superconducter is cooled to a supe cool temp it repels the magnet.

Yeah, you can do that too- but you can do the method I stated at room temperature. You can't levitate huge magnets as easily as with superconductors, but you don't need superconduction either.

 

[eg'sforlife]

i find this absolutaly amazing how smart ants are. Seriously they are making humanity look bad.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xQERRbU23bU

 

[Matts96HB]

wow. that ant colony is crazy! it didnt look like much from the surface

 

[eg'sforlife]

ten tons of cement just to mold the one colony

 

[FLounder]

pretty amazing... we think we're so smart...

 

[phunky.buddha]

Wow...

 

[RoughKnight]

sick @ the fire with water and the ants
blew my mind lol

 

[Matts96HB]

yea the ant colony is nuts. thats about as intricate as our freeway systems and what not. ok maybe not that intricate, but pretty damn impressive nonetheless