DIY science is the perfect way to use your creative skills and learn something new. With the right supplies, some determination, and a curious mind, you can create amazing experiments that open up a whole world of possibilities. At home-made laboratories or tech workshops, makers from all backgrounds can explore new ideas by finding ways to study their environment in novel ways – allowing them to make breathtaking discoveries!
A tachyon walks into a bar. The bartender says “Hey buddy, not so fast.” Happy 4th of July, everybody! I celebrated today along with the rest of America: by hanging out with friends, throwing some meat on the grill, and discussing the breaking (and long-awaited) discovery of a Higgs Boson particle. The discovery is touted […]
Liberty Tool Company in Liberty, Maine sells salvaged hand tools. This lovely three minute video featuring Liberty owner and tool buyer H.G. “Skip” Brack pays homage to beautiful old tools, notes the importance of tool use in sustainable economies of the future, and provides a glimpse into a solid small-town business providing a useful service to its patrons.
In honor of The Fourth of July, here’s John A. Conkling, adjunct professor and fireworks expert to show us the chemistry behind fireworks. Watch this video and learn the science so that you can impress all your friends and family tonight with your incredible knowledge.
A MAKE reader named James wrote to us with a physics question. It’s in reference to the video above: First of all, I wanted to say that you guys have the BEST vids on youTube! I have started to read quite a bit about frequencies and I want to do this experiment. If you watch […]
Steve Hoefer created a fun video that shows you how to make match rockets.
Learn how to make a torus model and then how to create a 7-color Ungar-Leech map on it.
Four times a year, when our planet is in the appropriate alignment with the sun, the shadow this sundial casts onto the ground spells out either “solstice” or “equinoxe.”
