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Scientists previously have measured the light from distant exploding stars to show that the universe is expanding at an accelerating rate. http://www.dailygalaxy.com/my_weblog/2010/07/is-time-disappearing-from-the-universe-radical-theory-says-yes.html

Is Time Disappearing from the Universe? (A Weekend Feature)

Remembering Fermilab’s Tevatron Particle Accelerator

http://www.nytimes.com/2011/01/18/science/18collider.html?_r=3&pagewanted=all It was turned on in 1983 to the sound of protesters who worried that its high-energy collisions between protons and antiprotons could bring about the end of the world or perhaps the whole universe.

Popular science books take off: a big bang in physics publishing

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/books/7985508/Popular-science-books-take-off-a-big-bang-in-physics-publishing.html “There’s a real interest in science books at the moment,” says Stuart Clark, author of The Universe (part of the “Big Question” series).
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Saving Lives with Origami: Physics Professor Puts Paper-Folding Techniques to the Test | The Underwire

http://www.wired.com/underwire/2008/01/saving-lives-wi/
http://www.animations.physics.unsw.edu.au/jw/speech.html The voice makes sounds in several different ways. You can make a wide range of hissing or wind noises by passing air through a small aperture between the lips, teeth, etc. When you make such a sound using a small aperture between your 'vocal cords', it's called whispering. These sounds are all caused by the turbulent flow of the air, and they contain a wide range of different frequenies.

UNSW Resources (PHYSICS!) - Physics in Speech

May 22, 2009 — While today's law enforcement officers don't wear utility belts full of crimefighting gadgets like Batman, they do rely on a variety of state-of-the-art technologies to do their jobs efficiently and safely. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/05/090521112824.htm

Police Radar For Measuring Speeding Cars Improved - sciencedaily

GOOD news at the has been piling up fast in recent months. In the midst of a recession, the lab here is launching huge new projects and generating hundreds of jobs.

Brookhaven Finds Its Star on the Rise

http://www.nytimes.com/2009/05/03/nyregion/long-island/03labli.html

Rare Single Top Quark Discovered In Collider Experiments

Mar. 10, 2009 — Scientists of the CDF and DZero collaborations at the Department of Energy’s Fermi National Accelerator Laboratory have observed particle collisions that produce single top quarks. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2009/03/090309131725.htm
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=x-ray-machine-adhesive-tape

Science Friction: An X-Ray Machine Energized by Adhesive Tape

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There's much to love about the animated film, Finding Nemo , but one of many treasured moments is the frenzied fish in the dentist's aquarium, who is enthralled with the toy sunken treasure chest. Said chest pops open at regular intervals, releasing a stream of bubbles into the water, sending the little fish into paroxysms of delight: "Bubbles!

Cocktail Party Physics: it&#039;s better with bubbles

Cymatics

Resonance made visible with black seeds on a harpsichord soundboard Cornstarch and water solution under the influence of sine wave vibration Cymatics (from Greek : κῦμα "wave") is the study of visible sound and vibration, a subset of modal phenomena .

Ice Spikes

Temperature is certainly a factor when growing ice spikes, and we have done experiments that show that spikes are more likely to form when the temperature is just below freezing (see the graphs below). I'm not entirely sure why this is so, but I suspect that the ice tube freezes shut before the tube gets very long if the temperature is too low.

Did you ever wonder what it would be like to see a water balloon pop in space?

During Dr. Donald Pettit's nearly six-month flight (from November 2002 – May 2003) on-board the International Space Station, he conducted many experiments and demonstrations for the Saturday Morning Science Program. His “Symphony of Spheres” is an excellent illustration of the fluid physics experiments that can be performed in microgravity, as opposed to a 1-g, low-gravity environment.