In this video, I show you how to create your own rainbow using just a glass of water, a flashlight, and a piece of white paper. It’s an easy and fun science activity you can try at home! By exploring ...

Created more than 400 years ago, the telescope is a tool that has allowed both amateurs and scientists alike to explore the sky in much more detail than they ever could with their naked eyes. All ...

Recent experiments that demonstrate the negative refraction of light could bring a heated scientific debate to a close, and give negative-index materials a positive future Figure 1: Negative-index ...

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