It’s very unlikely you can stand on a single paper cup without breaking it. The cup would either have to be extremely strong in it’s structure, or you would have to be extremely light! However, you can stand on paper…
Yes, crazy as it sounds you can pop a balloon by peeling an orange near it. But Why? When you peel the orange an oil, called limonene, squirts out from the orange peel onto the balloon and dissolves the rubber,…
There are heaps of videos on the internet showing the movement of food coloring on top of milk when detergent is added. It is a wonderfully simple, colorful and fascinating experiment to do at home. But…how does it work? How…
I showed this to my daughter for the first time and she said “Wow, that’s so cool!” Such a simple thing to do, put a comb through their hair (I don’t have enough hair to do it on myself) then…
Water appears to magically defy gravity and move upwards. It actually does defy gravity – but we understand the magic! The magic is called capillary action. What causes water to walk? Water walks because… water molecules are attracted to each…
I know it sounds crazy but the explanation for why hot water rises and cold water sinks is a theory! You would think we would know something like that right! Actually, we do know. In short, hot liquid (like water)…