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Using an Egg of Columbus to Explore Perpetual Motion

How an iPhone App Uses Sound to Blow Out Candles

How to Make a Magnet Orbit Around Another Magnet

Why Orange Peels Cause Balloons to Pop
James of The Action Lab (previously) squeezed a section of orange peel over a floating balloon, causing the balloon to instantly pop. Oranges contain limonene,…

Man Attempts to Drink From the World’s Longest Straw
James of The Action Lab (previously) attempted to drink water from a 34 foot flexible straw. He first tried it manually, but soon got tired.…

Bouncing Balls On a Balloon Stretched Over a Cup, One of the Bounciest Surfaces in the World
James of The Action Lab (previously) took a steel ball and bounced it on a rubber surface with a coefficient of restitution of over 97%,…

How to Perfectly Separate Each Layer of an Oreo Cookie With a Vacuum Chamber
James of The Action Lab (previously) shows how to perfectly separate each layer of an Oreo cookie and remove the filling intact by using a…

How to Imprint Holographic Rainbows Onto Chocolate
James of The Action Lab (previously) demonstrates how to imprint holographic rainbows onto tempered chocolate. This process, he explains, has everything to do with making…

How to Make a Perfect Square of Water
Dan of The Action Lab (previously) shared how to make a perfect square of water by laying a water-repelling coating on a stainless steel surface.…