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Understanding the Causes of Flickering Stars

Understanding the Causes of Flickering Stars

When you look into the night sky, you may notice that the stars flicker or twinkle; their light does not appear to be constant. This is not caused by inherent properties of the stars themselves. Instead, the Earth’s atmosphere bends…

Finding the Square Root of an Irrational Number

Finding the Square Root of an Irrational Number

An irrational number isn’t as scary as it sounds; it’s just a number that can’t be expressed as a simple fraction or, to put it another way, an irrational number is a never-ending decimal that continues an infinite number of…

Creative Science Fair Project Ideas Featuring Dogs

Creative Science Fair Project Ideas Featuring Dogs

From the cleanliness of a dog’s mouth to determining which paw your dog favors offer notable ways to create a science fair project with a dog that is both informative and entertaining. Well-trained dogs make for wonderful test subjects because…

Highlighting the Top Five Natural Resources

Highlighting the Top Five Natural Resources

Humanity takes from the Earth every day, and has always done so. From sipping from streams to pulling stone and wood from the earth, to the modern extraction of oil — human life and culture can only thrive because of…

Methods for Measuring Liquid Volume

Methods for Measuring Liquid Volume

In the sciences, the “tools” for measuring the volumes of liquids are generally made from glass, plastic or occasionally metal, although professionals referred to all of them as “glassware.” Scientists, and chemists in particular, have a variety of glassware at…

White Spiders Found in Florida Exploring Their Habitat and Characteristics

White Spiders Found in Florida Exploring Their Habitat and Characteristics

There are several white spiders in Florida. Ghost spiders (Anyphaenidae family) are nearly all white. Others, like the Florida crab spider (​Gasteracantha cancriformis​), humpbacked orb weaver (​Eustala anastera​) and tropical orb weaver (​Eriophora ravilla​) have distinct white markings. Crab Spider…

Exploring the Tundra Landscape

Exploring the Tundra Landscape

The word “tundra” comes from a Lappish word meaning “treeless land” or “barren land”. Most of the tundra biome’s 3.3 million square miles is located in the Arctic region of the world, above the northernmost limit for tree growth. Even…

Calculating Pulley Systems

Calculating Pulley Systems

You can calculate the force and action of pulley systems through the application of Newton’s laws of motion. The second law works with force and acceleration; the third law indicates the direction of forces and how the force of tension…

Calculating the Volume of a Baseball

Calculating the Volume of a Baseball

When you study mathematics, it can be helpful to use familiar objects to understand how to solve a problem. For example, you might need to learn how to calculate the volume of a sphere. It’s likely that you have access…