… who actually worked on the Manhattan Project in New Mexico during WW2:
MetaFilter: The FBI has a “Do Not Contact” List?
The Feynman Files. “For the first time, FBI records for Dr Richard Feynman have been released to the public. They document the Bureau’s apparent obsession in the 1950’s with outing him as a communist sympathizer, and include notations from several background checks as well as interviews with his colleagues, friends and acquaintances.”
Sometimes I wish that you could switch of gravity for some experiments, especially during some lessons at school. I’m sure my students and I would have as much fun as Don Pettit (his weblog is Letters to Earth) who uses his spare time on the ISS to do some fun experiments. I especially enjoyed watching Thin Film Physics, Goo! and of course the vacuum cleaner hose turned into didgeridoo.
By the way, his time lapse from space is also pretty neat.
Links via MetaFilter: Physics Demos that are OUt of this World, Earth from Day to Night.
MetaFilter: “An Audience With Neil Armstrong is an hour long interview with Neil Armstrong about the moon landings from 2011, including a comparative view of footage from the Eagle’s landing alongside Google Moon maps.”
One more link about this year‘s Venus transit: Transit of Venus. Link via Hal, if I remember correctly.
Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show! is a “DIY webshow on everything cool and worth Making”. Sylvia is ten years old, and each episode of her show features a cool craft or project. The episodes include squishy circuits made with conducting and non-conducting dough, a no-heat lava lamp, making your own sidewalk chalk or crazy putty and many more.
I enjoyed watching them and am planning on doing some of the projects with my science students at school.
Link via MetaFilter: Sylvia’s Super-Awesome Maker Show.
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