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By Andrew Greene
Why you should compete in a science fair
So this year I’m competing/attending the CALGARY YOUTH SCIENCE FAIR 2012 OF AWESOME. It is a super amazing science competition where students make a project based on a certain topic in science or mathematics and present it to judges and the public. You can find out more technical information at the CYSF site. I’ve been…
The chances of me existing are…ZERO?!
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Learn physics… in a minute!
I bet we’ve all heard about string theory, relativity, and quantum mechanics. But chances are, most people don’t have a clue about them. I have recently discovered a series of videos that not only give a brief overview of everything physics, but do it in a witty, funny way! It’s called Minute Physics. It is…
Three common math student mistakes!
We’ve all been there: you do a math test, you’re feeling really confident, and then you get the test back, and you’ve got one question wrong! After you look to see what happened, you say “Oh, I see what I did wrong!” Somewhere, you’ve made a (as my dad labels it) “careless mistake” in either…
Saying “Hello!” in 10 different languages
Are you a multi-linguistic kind of person? Do you like to travel a lot? Well then I have the perfect guide to learning how to say a few basic greetings in 10 of the worlds most spoken languages. Enjoy! Many of the words here require the knowledge of accents to properly pronounce them. If you…
10 famous musical works you know, but can’t name
Have you ever had one of those moments where you’re watching a movie and the soundtrack comes on and you think: “where have I heard that before?”
The Immortal Jellyfish
When you think of immortality, what comes to mind? For me, I imagine vampires, Voldemort, and gods from mythology. But never would I have imagined that the embodiment of immortality would have been none other than the humble jellyfish. Turritopsis nutricula is a species of hydrozoan (jellyfish) that is capable of a process named transdifferentiation. This…