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In 2010, in tribute to the legendary Japanese publishing house Iwanami Shoten, Hayao Miyazaki selected his fifty favorite children's books. Hayao Miyazaki's favorite children's books list contains stories of solitary…
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The Physics of Kung Fu
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A website created by Maximilian Kiener uses an interactive timeline to give us understanding of why things keep speeding up the more we age.
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How to Make Giant Cardboard Windball
Makedo Windball is a simple, yet unique geometry project. All you do is assemble simple cardboards and turn them into a kind of art form.
The Visual Proof of the Area of a Circle
In geometry, the area enclosed by a circle of radius r is π r2. Here is a beautiful visual demonstration of where nr2 derives.
Dancing Raisins Science Experiment
Make raisins dance up and down in a glass of soda. Raisins have a higher density than the liquid in the glass, so they sink to the bottom. Carbon dioxide…