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Sand Castles - Friday, September 19th, 1997

Why does damp sand hold the shape of a container after you dump it out? Sand + water = physics!



Neutrino Telescope at Work - Thursday, February 15th, 1996

At the South Pole, giant telescope searches for elusive neutrinos, hoping to find evidence of huge explosions in the distant universe. In neutrino astronomy, ice is definitely nice!




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Virtual Science!

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