Category: Science
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Behold a red-hot ball of nickel being dropped into water
An interesting sound that makes, via Geekologie http://youtu.be/MomYOEHPWUw
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Early Swimming for Kids Leads to Better Academic Performance
As mentioned in November 2011
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Pruney fingers give us better grip underwater
In 2011, a team at Newcastle University, UK, timed people as they transferred wet or dry objects from one box to another with and without wrinkled fingers. With wrinkles, wet objects were transferred about 12 per cent faster than with unwrinkled fingers, while dry objects were transferred equall fast regardless of wrinkles. The reason for…
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Ludwick Marishane: A bath without water
If you had to walk a mile for a jug of water every day, as millions of people do, it’s unlikely you’d use that precious water to bathe. Young entrepreneur Ludwick Marishane tells the amazing, funny story of how he invented a cheap, clean and convenient solution: DryBathâ„¢, the world’s first bath-substituting lotion.
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The Diving Response Explained – Stig Severinsen on Superhuman Showdown
Breath-holding world record holder Stig Severinsen demonstrates the diving reflex on Superhuman Showdown on Discovery Channel.
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Bouncing a Drop of Water on Water
“Typically, when a droplet of water plunges into a pool of water, it will bounce slightly and then coalesce with the rest of the water. But there’s a way to keep the bounce going indefinitely. If you put the pool of water on top of a loud speaker, you can vibrate the surface. This vibration…
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Felix Baumgartner to jump from space today
No I know, hopefully not swimming relevant, but I’m watching this crazy Swiss guy jumping from the stratosphere today, to freefall at the speed of sound after only 30 seconds. Live on YouTube, he is entering the capsule at this moment, jumping in about 2 hours. UPDATE: The launch has been aborted for today, due…
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Behold, clever octopus breaks into bait canister while wrestling shark
Those things are cunning, here is an octopus breaching into a baited canister by removing three cable ties, while at the same time restraining a pyjama shark. Filmed by Lauren De Vos and her team testing their baited remote underwater video (BRUV) system in False Bay in Cape Town, South Africa. The banjo music is…