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The Tabletop Explainer
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Listen to The Tabletop Explainer, a Science & Medicine podcast by David Colarusso. Stream 10 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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10 episodesNomenclature -- Special Relativity (2 of 5)
Last week we covered the two postulates of special relativity, and next week we'll use geometry to derive some of its consequences, but firs...
Two Postulates -- Special Relativity (1 of 5)
The bizarre consequences of special relativity arise from two postulates, two things which once accepted lead to Einstein's space-time. In t...
How to Build a Paper Quadrant
The quadrant is a simple tool for measuring the altitude (angle) of an object above the horizon. This episode makes use of a printable templ...
What is quantum tunneling?
Einstein may have believed God doesn't play dice, but God need not conform to Einstein's beliefs. This piece explores the phenomenon of quan...
Could that really happen? Phylm examines the bus jump from Speed
In the movie Speed a bus is forced to jump an unfinished portion of highway to avoid setting off a bomb on the bus rigged to explode should...
What is the conservation of angular momentum?
What do bicycle wheels, figure skaters, and exploding stars have in common? That's right, angular momentum.
How to build a simple electric motor, plus how it works.
A fast-paced time-laps demo of how to build your own electric motor.
Electricity and Magnetism Hand Rules (part one)
Electricity and magnetism are intimately connected. Explore their relationship in this short explanation of the hand rules.
What is the magnetic field?
In the inaugural episode of the Tabletop Explainer, examine the magnetic field. What is is and what is it good for?