These two videos demonstrate a phenomenon called the “Floating Water Bridge”. See also: High Voltage Water bridges The bridge can stretch up to about an inch. To create the bridge you start with two containers of deionized water. You add electrodes (visible in the second video) and apply 10,000 to 15,000 volts DC between the [...]

If you are looking for a cheap source of calories, a baked potato is one of the least expensive if you buy the potatoes on sale. Here’s how you bake a potato in a microwave: Here’s how to cook them in a conventional oven: Note that when he says “190 to 200 degrees” he is [...]

The sun shines every day and we don’t really think about it. But the amount of energy that the sun produces is astounding. How much energy is the sun producing? On earth we see about 1 kilowatt per square meter of sunshine. In space (because there is no atmosphere) it is more like 2 kilowatts [...]