5 Bar Tricks You Can Do With Science
As Kurt Vonnegut wrote in his classic Cat's Cradle, "science is magic that works." The same can be applied to these seemingly magical bar tricks, which are not really tricks but based in simple physics and science. They were shown to me by an affable Englishman named Tim Shaw, who hosts a show called "None of the Above," debuting tonight (March 24) on the National Gegraphic Channel at 9 p.m. ET. In the show, Shaw will conduct a series of outrageous feats like landing a helicopter on eggs--without breaking a single one--to illustrate "how cool science can be," he said. (In this example, the science-based explanation is that the shape of the eggs is surprisingly strong, and when many eggs are put together, their collective strength is greater than you might imagine.) Here are some tricks that Shaw demonstrated for PopSci last week. 1. Upside-Down Wine Bottle Trick Shaw pours the contents of a wine bottle into a bowl, leaving a small amount in the bottom...