Can Rain Start a Forest Fire?
At Smithsonian, Sarah Zielinski notes the proverbial wisdom among some gardeners that watering plants on scorching hot days can start fires because droplets of water can focus light like a magnifying glass. Scientists decided to test this idea:
They started by placing small glass spheres on maple leaves and exposing them to sunlight. The leaves were [...]
Strobe Lights & Water Drops
Today’s trippy science videos: strobe lights affecting water drops. By shining a strobe light (a light that’s turned on and off very, very rapidly) on a stream of water, strange effects occur. First, a display at an MIT museum showing water droplets under a green strobe light:
And now the really cool thing, Nate True’s Time [...]
