Category: Science
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Physical Exercise Four Hours after Learning Improves Long-Term Memory, Study Shows
A new study in the journal Current Biology shows that physical exercise after learning improves memory and memory traces, but only if the exercise is done in a specific time window and not immediately after learning. “It shows that we can improve memory consolidation by doing sports after learning,†said study corresponding author Dr. Guillén…
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Pool Fire vs Liquid Nitrogen
I pour Liquid Nitrogen, Diethyl Ether, and Dry Ice into my pool! Can liquid nitrogen put out a fire? what about dry ice? Diethyl ether is one of the most flammable solvents around! Via Hyper
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Swimming lessons help with childrens’ maths results, study finds
Swimming classes help middle class children boost their maths grades, a study by UCL has revealed. Children who take part in organised sports and physical activitieswere one and a half times more likely to reach higher than expected grades in their maths test at the end primary school at age 11, it found. Researchers claimed that the sense…
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SSAC16: Reject Conventional Wisdom: Don’t Swim Like Phelps
Coaches are generally and justifiably skeptical about scientific information. This presentation will explain how the status quo in technique, training, skill learning, and injury prevention limits performance and how the application of science can produce faster swimming much sooner than by adhering to conventional wisdom.
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![How Fast Would You Have to Swim to Evaporate all of the Water in a Pool? [Theory]](https://www.swimmersdaily.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/how-fast-would-you-have-to-swim-110x96.jpg "How Fast Would You Have to Swim to Evaporate all of the Water in a Pool? [Theory]")
How Fast Would You Have to Swim to Evaporate all of the Water in a Pool? [Theory]
What a bizarre question. If you could swim fast enough and produce enough heat, how fast EXACTLY would you need to swim to turn all of the water in the pool into STEAM?
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Could Big Dinosaurs Swim? Scientists Follow the Footprints
How far can you trust a footprint? Dinosaur footprints are fascinating but there’s a question over how reliable they are at providing information about the palaeobiology of the creatures that made them. While certain prints have been used as evidence that dinosaurs could swim, new research now suggests that the picture is not so clear.…
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Physicist fires a gun at himself underwater for science
To demonstrate the difference between air and water resistance, Andreas Wahl set up a video camera, a rifle and pull cord. And you have to admit, the video looks pretty frightening, despite the scientist’s striking resemblance to Superman’s Clark Kent. See Atlanta Journal Constitution https://youtu.be/tzm_yyl13yo
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Underwater Cave Diving Is A Job
Environmental anthropologist Kenny Broad and his team go underwater and underground to explore caves. “When things go great in cave diving, there’s nothing more spectacular in the world,†Broad says. “Then I get to the surface and I get to think about the problem of what did we learn, and how can it help us…