Physics explains what makes a vowel — Will turbines on kites create more energy?
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Why does the government sell a $1K jar of peanut butter? There’s a government warehouse that stores just about everything you could imagine — vitamins, “domestic sludge,” a standard bullet and even a jar of peanut butter that sells for about 200 times the going grocery store rate. It even maintains a cybersecurity database with all known software vulnerabilities. You’ll find all this at the National Institute of Standards and Technology. So, what is going on? Tap or click to see what's going on. → |
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Physics explains why the letter Y is a vowel (and sometimes W) We all know the saying A, E, I, O, U and sometimes Y are vowels. While this is technically correct, there is more going on than simple linguistics. Some say W also falls into this category. Here's why. Tap or click to discover the secret physics behind it all. → |
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Should we put wind turbines on kites? Wind turbines are quickly becoming an essential form of creating energy. Wind blows the turbine, and that motion creates energy. But what would happen if we put wind turbines way up in the sky on kites? Would it solve some of the limitations of wind energy? Tap or click to see the future of wind turbines. → |
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What happens when matter travels faster than the speed of light? Light speed is the fastest anything can travel in the universe, right? It turns out to be a little more complicated. There are places on Earth where manufactured objects go even faster than light. So, how is this possible and what does this look like in action? Tap or click to see how scientists make this happen. → |
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