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Record grooves under an electron microscope
It has CD pips, too, for those of you too young to remember what a “record” is.
But if you put a needle in the groove and moved them relative to each other, the needle would wiggle back and forth. Use a transducer to convert it to an [...]

Beatles flowchart of “Hey, Jude”

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We believe that the easiest way to change people’s behaviour for the better is by making it fun to do.

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The Armonica
The Armonica, also called the glass harmonica was invented by Benjamin Franklin in 1761. In 1757, while in England he attended a concert given on the wine glasses. He thought it was the sweetest sound he had ever heard but he wanted to [...]

World Science Festival 2009: Bobby McFerrin Demonstrates the Power of the Pentatonic Scale
Bobby McFerrin demonstrates the power of the pentatonic scale, using audience participation, at the event “Notes & Neurons: In Search of the Common Chorus”, from the 2009 World Science Festival, June 12, 2009.

Ball droppings
Turn your sound up. Draw lines on the black screen to bounce the balls. Enjoy the music.

Instant classic misheard lyric because of our new president.
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But it’s no ‘Scuse me while I kiss this guy, bathroom on the right, or touched for the thirty-first time

By the way, which one’s Pink?
The Factual One ponders The physics of… Pink Floyd?
What’s more interesting is the fact that the refractive index is generally not a constant. Within the same material it can be different for different wavelengths. Usually – but not quite always – higher frequency light experiences a higher refractive index. It [...]

In Context by Field Music. Ran across this at Ovablastic — I think the artistic approach of the video is pretty neat, and I instantly liked the tune.
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The pen leaves the drawing surface once, but restarts at the same point.

Try and guess the song.
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Mathematician Cracks Mystery Beatles Chord
The opening chord to A Hard Day’s Night is also famous because for 40 years, no one quite knew exactly what chord Harrison was playing. Musicians, scholars and amateur guitar players alike had all come up with their own theories, but it took a Dalhousie mathematician to figure out the exact [...]