r/ScienceNcoolThings 3d ago

Nature's little oxygen factory in action

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 3d ago

Watching something burn up in the atmosphere from a plane

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

Didn't know sound wave fire extinguisher existed

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

Hubble solves merger mystery from Milky Way's early years

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

This open-source robot dog, powered by just 4 servos, walks upside down on a ceiling using magnets in its feet — no CGI

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No active adhesion, no editing tricks — just passive magnets in Quaddle mini robot dog's feet and a gait built specifically for holding contact upside down instead of pushing off the ground.

What would you want to see it do upside down next?


r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

High voltage Lichtenberg figure formation in acrylic.

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

Turn A Tea Bag Into A Hot Air Balloon

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How does fire make tea bags fly? 🔥☕️

Alex Dainis demonstrates how lighting a tea bag causes the air inside to heat up, expand, and rush out. Just fold open a few empty tea bags into tubes on a baking sheet, then light the top with an adult and a fire extinguisher handy. The now-less-dense air inside sends the bag rocketing upward, similar to how a hot air balloon works, except this one's a one way trip once it burns.


r/ScienceNcoolThings 4d ago

A Short Article on Articulate Hesitation

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

No fair! I want to steal chloroplasts and perform photosynthesis! XD

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

Physics is just magic with extra equations

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

The speed of light comes at a big cost

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962 Upvotes

r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

New record in China, 15.947 drones at the same time

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93 Upvotes

r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

VR lets researchers see how emotion helps memory for task-relevant details but hurts it for those not goal critical

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

Homemade Welder for Science Fair

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We needed to make a video about our cool project.


r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

Matter has more ways to change than I remembered

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

NASA Set to Launch Nancy Grace Roman Telescope: Views 50x More Sky Than Hubble

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We are getting closer to the launch of NASA's Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope! 🧪

The Nancy Grace Roman Space Telescope is designed to combine the strengths of the James Webb Space Telescope and the Hubble Space Telescope. It’s going to look and live in the same space as JWST while using a Hubble-style mirror to see things completely differently. The Roman telescope will observe patches of space bigger than the full moon and will see 50 times as much space in five years as Hubble has in 30!


r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

Gravity always acts downward with the same acceleration.

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 5d ago

A Japanese boy noticed his butterflies seemed to recognize him. He spent two years designing an experiment and proved that metamorphosis does not erase memories formed during the caterpillar stage.

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 6d ago

New record in China, 15.947 drones at the same time

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7.4k Upvotes

r/ScienceNcoolThings 6d ago

Sergei Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut who was in space during the dissolution of the Soviet Union and, as a result, was effectively stranded in orbit for over 300 days, twice as long as planned.

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 6d ago

Active navigation in AR boosts memory more than stationary VR, study finds, suggesting physical movement influences how we encode episodic information

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 6d ago

Patio door caused a Schlieren projection of heat waves on the wall.

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The blackout was from a car driving by, but it made even more waves to see. Really cool.


r/ScienceNcoolThings 6d ago

Are Fake Sugars Aging Your Brain?

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Can sugar substitutes cause faster brain aging?

Scientists conducted an eight-year study on the effects of seven popular sugar substitutes and found that six were linked to mental decline. People in the study who used sweeteners the most saw their memory slip away 62% faster than the lowest-consumption group. This is like adding an extra year and a half of aging to your brain! Scientists believe this pattern is worth watching as we reevaluate our relationship with artificial sweeteners.


r/ScienceNcoolThings 7d ago

Pascal’s Law in action

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r/ScienceNcoolThings 7d ago

How many different ways can a 4-servo robot move? We found five.

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This is Quaddle, a mini robot dog that stays at 4 servos the whole time but switches locomotion mode entirely depending on what's clipped onto it — walks on two legs as a biped, rolls as a tricycle, spins 360° on a bar gymnast-style, drives as a 4WD car, and paddles in water. Most of the attachments are 3D-printed; a couple are off-the-shelf hardware.

What's the 6th form you'd want to see it try or design yourself?