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What is Solar Energy ?
- Curious questions, Energy, Physical Science
- April 17, 2015
Solar (in Latin, solar means sun) powered gadgets like solar cookers and dryers, solar water heaters, solar cell phone chargers, solar calculators and solar emergency lights etc. are very popular nowadays. Do you know there are gadgets such as solar air conditioners and solar chimneys too? In fact there are full solar power plants too.
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How do magnets work ?
- Curious questions, Magnestism, Physical Science
- April 10, 2015
Magic or Magnetism Magnets are incredible. Some can hold up trains. Others help to store all the files on your computer’s hard disk. And some just stick notes and photos to your fridge. If you don’t know how magnets work, their abilities seem nothing short of magical! However, in this article we’ll reveal the science
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Why Are Man hole Covers Round ?
- Curious questions, Matter, Physical Science
- March 27, 2015
This may seem like a pretty strange question in general, but imagine coming across it on a test or an interview! You’re under pressure, trying your hardest to think and prove your intelligence, and then this is the next question you have to deal with – “Why are manhole covers round?”! What would you do?
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What temperature does water boil?
- Curious questions, Matter, Physical Science
- March 20, 2015
While making (or watching someone make) coffee or tea or cooking rice or boiling eggs, you must have seen water boiling. What happens when water boils? It bubbles and turns into steam which then rises from the surface of boiling water and disappears into air. If you keep on heating the water, ultimately your boiling
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Why does ice float?
- Curious questions, Matter, Physical Science
- February 6, 2015
Water is something we can’t get away from. It’s in our bodies, in our environment, in our weather, and in our drinks. It’s hands down the most familiar liquid that most of us know, and we also see it in solid form (ice) and feel the effects of its gas form (water vapour or steam)
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What is the speed of light?
- Curious questions, Light, Physical Science
- December 5, 2014
The definition of the speed of light is an important question in physics and one which has only been considered for the past thousand years or so. Ancient philosophers believed that light existed as a type of substance, and that it simply was or was not in a place, but did not move. However, more
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All you need to know about metric conversion
- Math, Science Fun Facts
- October 31, 2014
If you’ve ever been frazzled trying to think about how to convert American or Imperial measurements into metric, you’re not alone. In 1999, some of the brightest people in the world working at NASA managed to crash the Mars Climate Orbiter into the red planet, all because of confusion between traditional units and metric. Well,
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Cooking up Chemistry in the Kitchen!
- Physical Science, Science Fun Facts
- June 29, 2012
Hey kids, when most people hear the word “chemistry”, they think of creepy laboratories with bubbling beakers of toxic goo. But chemistry can happen any time two different things react together to make something new, and there are fun science experiments that you can do right in your kitchen! Experiment 1: Magic Mud All you
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Playing with Electricity: Fun Experiments to do at Home
- Physical Science, Science Fun Facts
- April 20, 2012
Everyone knows it’s dangerous to play with electricity. If a strong enough electrical current runs through your body, it can overpower the electrical messages your body sends to your brain, or even stop your heart! Fortunately, kids science has some easy elementary science experiments you can do that are safe to try at home. Experiment
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