This post was written by Kirill… A question often asked by small children, but not often fully understood by adults is, “Where do puddles go?” Water has two ways of escaping from the puddles. One explanation found on the internet (Answers.com) is… “The water has two ways to go after being in a puddle. One …
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy…
a post by Dreamy One aspect of the Universe’s expansion was quite certain in the early 1990s. Gravity was bound to slow the expansion over time, whether it had enough energy density to halt its expansion and collapse or not enough energy density to ever stop expanding. Even while the slowing had not yet been …
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Dark Matter and Dark Energy…
by Steve Z. Dark matter and dark energy are hypotheses to explain why the Universe is not behaving in the way we think it should be, suggesting that some other force is at work. In the 1990s we were quite certain of one thing about the Universe; it might have enough energy density to stop …
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Nuclear Fusion 2…
This article was written by Ludvig Nuclear fusion is arguably one of the most important reactions that takes place. All elements, including those that make up our bodies, are the results of nuclear fusion. Briefly, nuclear fusion is the merging together of atomic nuclei. Bonding together even the lightest nuclei e.g. hydrogen and helium, requires …
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The James Webb Space Telescope
by Syed You may have seen the James Webb Space Telescope (JWST) launch on Christmas Day 2021. It was the joint effort of NASA, the ESA (European Space Agency) and the CSA (Canadian Space Agency). It has cost $10 billion, taken over 25 years, and suffered severe delays due to budget overruns, the covid pandemic, …
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Higher, Faster, Further…
Many thanks to XanderW for this pupil post about Red Bull Stratos. There are more like it on the way, Red Bull Stratos was the mission in which the Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner would break the skydiving record, jumping from a height of 23.4 miles (38.6 km). The jump took place on the 14th October 2012 …
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DNA and Genes…
This post was written by James after his successful Radley Scholarship exams. Genes are the sub-structures of DNA. DNA is a molecule which stores the information for the making of all the proteins that a cell will need. Usually, a single gene only codes for a single protein. A DNA molecule consists of two strands …
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