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George Figures Out Static Electricity

If you rub two identical balloons together, they both pick up a static charge. This strange and unexpected behavior has been documented in the scientific literature and remains fundamentally unexplained to this day. But when George tries the experiment, he stumbles into something that – to the best of his knowledge – has never been reported in the literature, and is, if possible, even stranger.

George Figures Out Static Electricity

20m 29s

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    Is Water Magnetic?

    S11 E10 - 8m 46s

    Is water bending real? The Reactions team tries it out with a little help from magnets.

  • Liquid Marbles are the Coolest Scientific Breakthrough I've Made (So Far): asset-mezzanine-16x9

    Liquid Marbles are the Coolest Scientific Breakthrough I've Made (So Far)

    S11 E9 - 11m 15s

    A liquid marble is an otherworldly combination of liquid and solid. Shaped like a solid marble but with many properties of a liquid, these strange objects were invented in 2001 and quickly went science-viral. Our host George finds the original paper reporting their discovery but in his excitement misses the crucial fact that it’s been cited over 1000 times.

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    Exposing Fake Honey Using Carbon-13

    S11 E8 - 12m

    There’s been an increase of manufacturers cutting honey with corn syrup or cane sugar. This week Alex takes to the lab and investigates the stable isotopes in 20 different honeys to see if they contain pure honey or have been adulterated.

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