There were postcards, souvenir magnets and keychains, and guidebooks to Dalmatia, so I could read about the sites I was being kept from seeing, in any of a dozen major tourist languages. They only thing missing was somewhere to sit. I didn’t really want to sit on the hard sandstone ...
I painted them yellow to match SpongeBob’s face, and the eyes were colored in his signature blue and black. I made sure to leave a small length of Sunboard on the eyelids for attaching magnets later. The eyelids and eyes were made from 3mm...
She got to unpacking the groceries, taking out the disposable goods first. She grabbed a half gallon plastic jug of milk and went to open the fridge but was stopped by the pictures on the refrigerator door. Among a random assortment of postcards and magnets were littered pictures of her and...
Among a random assortment of postcards and magnets were littered pictures of her and a little boy who she did not recognize. She looked a bit more closely. There were three photos of the same boy who she didn’t remember in the slightest. “I’m losing it,” Carmine said to herself, ...
Physicists observed a very strange new type of behavior in a magnetic material when it’s heated up. When the temperature rises, the magnetic spins ‘freeze’ into a static pattern, a phenomenon that normally occurs when the temperature decreases. Their findings were published inNature...
This is the first Braille reader that uses magnets.“We found that today’s Braille readers are very difficult and expensive,” Feng said. “So, we decided to develop a user-friendly product, especially for young blind children from grades 1 to 3. Moreover, it only costs about 2,000 ...
"And then it becomes more strange if, for example, you change the attribute of the ball," Marquardt said. "If you place magnets under the ball so the ball can no longer move, what happens? No yips." As detailed in a2014 New Yorkerstory, Marquardt sees this weird phenomenon with world...
The 'frustrated magnetism' arises when themagnetic momentsin a material (imagine little bar magnets which try to turn each other and line up north to south when you bring them together) are arranged in special geometries, like triangular nets. This scenario can make it hard for the bar magnet...
discovered. My mother and her sister shared a bedroom barely big enough for the full size bed they slept in. Their room was off the living area and was made private only via a flimsy, accordian-style vinyl curtain that closed with the distinct click of magnets. Although there was a side...
In an experiment,researchers were able to use powerful magnets to disturb this area of the brain and make people temporarily less moral.The study discovers that our sense of right and wrong isn't just based on upbringing,religion or philosophy-but also by the biology of our brains. ...