I just finished reading this fascinating article about how birds engineer their nests and how human engineers are learning from them. Apparently bird nests are unique in that they are extremely strong but still have a lot of give or flexibility –
In case you missed it, on Tuesday, February 6, 2018, SpaceX launched the Falcon Heavy rocket to deliver a test payload of Elon Musk’s Tesla Roadster into heliocentric orbit AND successfully returned the booster rockets for a perfect landing. The first
Kids are natural chemists. They love to mix things together and see what happens. My kids call it making potions. They would pull every powder and liquid they could find out of the pantry, pour a little bit of everything
When it’s too cold to play outside and the kids are going crazy (or driving you crazy) inside, it’s the perfect time for a tower challenge! In a tower challenge you give kids limited resources and challenge them to build
This Christmas we all drove down to Georgia to hang out with my parents, my sister and her kids. I am busy writing engineering challenges these days so decided to use these eager guinea pigs to test out some ideas.
We are on the heels of Harvey and watching Irma spinning in the Atlantic. What better time to do some stormy science? Hurricane in a bottle Grab a 2-liter soda bottle and fill it with water. Quickly turn it over
