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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Dec 19, 2023
The act of ice skating is a miracle of physics
While ice itself is slick, slippery, and difficult to…
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Ethan Siegel
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Oct 31, 2023
The entropy of a closed system doesn’t always increase
The second law of thermodynamics is an…
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Ethan Siegel
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Jun 21, 2023
The periodic table you grew up with is wrong
Up until 2002, we thought that the heaviest stable…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
May 18, 2022
Sodium and water react, and quantum physics explains why
Drop sodium in water, and a violent, even…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jun 16, 2020
What Are The Fifth And Sixth States Of Matter?
Solid, liquid, and gas are the three everyone learns…
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Ethan Siegel
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Jun 10, 2020
Lithium Mystery Solved: It’s Exploding Stars, Not The Big Bang Or Cosmic Rays
The origin of the 3rd…
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Jul 11, 2019
The Quantum Physics That Makes Fireworks Possible
From explosions to their unique and vibrant colors…
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Ethan Siegel
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Jan 14, 2019
This Erupting Volcano’s Lava Appears Blue, And Science Knows Why
Sometimes, chemistry can be more…
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Dec 26, 2017
Forget ‘A Christmas Carol,’ Charles Dickens And Michael Faraday Created ‘A Chemistry Carol’
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Ethan Siegel
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Starts With A Bang!
Aug 12, 2017
Ask Ethan: What’s the quantum reason that sodium and water react?
Drop a chunk of sodium metal into…
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