Comments on: 50 Weird Science Tidbits - 2

By: Kennytic Energy

Kennytic Energy — Thu, 20 Mar 2008 23:40:48 +0000

I like it when people type at a maximum of 15 lines, i didnt know there were such things as radio waves…awesome.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 20:02:18 +0000

Oh, I love live oaks! And they’re more familiar to Americans - or at least southerners - than ironwood is. Thanks, Lee!

By: Lee

Lee — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 19:09:29 +0000

Number 15 Good old american Live Oak is also more dense than water.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 15:28:52 +0000

Hi, Brett. I’ve never heard of the idea that there’s matter in a black hole. Mass yes, but the matter went to Saint Elsewhere!

By: Brett

Brett — Thu, 13 Mar 2008 02:31:19 +0000

Want to know something else that’s interesting. A mere teaspoon of black hole matter would weigh as much as our entire planet.

By: Aileen

Aileen — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:31:13 +0000

Dan:
“Buoyancy of an object will determine if it floats and not its density. Ever here of the concrete canoe building competition?”

Didn’t know they had a competition, did know you can make a boat out of it. I used to refurbish sailboats with my next door neighbor back in the ’60s. He’d get them for nothing after they’d sunk at moor, haul them home to dry out, and we’d do the fiberglassing, mast replacement and refinishing. Then we’d sail them in races and sell them after we won… §;o)

The only point was the contrast of wood that won’t float versus rock that will. No need to get into the whole “floating iron bar” not-quite-zombie debate in the realm of consciousness studies!

By: Aileen

Aileen — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:21:51 +0000

Joe:
“20. If you sit in the bleachers for a baseball game, you can hear the crack of the bat over the radio sooner then the actual sound itself.”

Oh, very cool description, I like it better than the political speech!

By: joe

joe — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:01:05 +0000

20. If you sit in the bleachers for a baseball game, you can hear the crack of the bat over the radio sooner then the actual sound itself.

By: Dan

Dan — Wed, 12 Mar 2008 17:32:04 +0000

Buoyancy of an object will determine if it floats and not its density. Ever here of the concrete canoe building competition?

By: Aileen

Aileen — Tue, 19 Feb 2008 14:34:14 +0000

Hi, Stewart. Yeah, nobody carves boats out of pumice. I was trying to follow items that sort of go together with a touch of plucky comic relief. We can go ahead and call that “literary license” if cracking a smile is too much trouble. I don’t mind.