Ping f…ing Pong

24 Sep 201916 Sep 2019

Look at this video, please do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRXbV7KrRw I could never move around like this, of course, but I did play well enough to disassemble my joints with the help of…

Remember a piece of history

12 Sep 20194 Sep 2019

The very first photograph of a solar eclipse: From the source:  Johann Julius Friedrich Berkowski made the first solar eclipse photograph on July 28, 1851, also using the daguerrotype process,…

From whence came you, stranger?

8 Sep 20195 Sep 2019

It is curious to realize that wet sand will keep footprints in it, while dry sand won't. I wonder whether it is as simple as a question of friction. Then,…

Photographing the sunset

7 Sep 20195 Aug 2019

There are moments you treasure for the rest of your life. When I sat there the other day, at that little place I once facetiously called the least spectacular beach…

What does it take to geek out about…two sticks and a loose connection between them?

20 Aug 201919 Aug 2019

Ah, the double pendulum. Nowadays, with science becoming a bigger and bigger thing, at least in our neck of the woods, these things become rather prevalent in science centers. Why?…

Bird in flight

18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019

Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.

Wave colors, wave breaking

11 Aug 201910 Aug 2019

A simple image of an ocean wave breaking on a beach. Good. Waves are a physical phenomenon which occurs wherever oscillations move about. They can be electromagnetic such as light,…

Blue water, blue sky

3 Aug 201924 Jun 2019

Living close to Norway’s longest, finest beach does have its perks. For one, I can stand in the water, hands in the pockets of my khaki shorts, pondering life, the…

The art of science

16 Jun 201916 Jun 2019

This sculpture is called "Triangel". You can find it in one of Oslo, Norway's art-themed parks, the Wigeland installation at Frogner Park. I'm sorry. I really am. There is a…