Science always (or almost always) finds an explanation to the most widespread questions among human beings. Advances, in fact, have been aimed at answering every question posed, bu ...

What happens to something airtight when the air around it changes? Find out by making a pressure bottle and squishing some foamy materials. Download the Squish Bottle PDF (375 Kb). Adobe Acrobat ...

It's classic science that's fun to do as a family or a team. Practise and challenge your friends! Download the Water bottle Rockets PDF(378 Kb). Adobe Acrobat is required. SAFETY: This rocket uses ...

When Max Koch opened a bottle of homebrew beer one afternoon in Göttingen, Germany, he wasn’t just cracking open a drink. He ...

He does home brewing on the side, and he wondered, what is actually making that popping sound? What’s happening inside that bottle, physics wise? Y’all, the answer is going to crack your mind open.

The science behind the distinct "pop and slosh" sound when opening a swing-top bottle of beer has been revealed. German researchers used a high-speed camera to capture exactly what occurs when one of ...

Watch this fascinating demonstration of air pressure at work. Notice how the egg vibrates as the heated air escapes around it, and how it gets smoothly pushed into the bottle by atmospheric pressure.