Ferromagnetic Liquid and Bubbles
Science is cool.
Okay, let’s be real here; some science is cooler than others.
Seriously, all that stuff about finding faster-than-light particles is awesome, but, it’s mostly invisible to us. As a kid, one of my favorite places in the entire world was the Museum of Science and Industry in Chicago. I loved it because it animated science and taught the principles and ideas in such a creative way that many of them have stuck with me as an adult.
One of the coolest exhibits was around soap bubbles. Well, soap bubbles filled with natural gas. From this exhibit, I learned that bubbles are round, no matter what shape the tool used to create them is, because they’re an equalization of pressure inside and outside the bubble, which always forms a sphere. I also learned that natural gas bubbles explode when they hit a flame.
What can I tell you? I’ve always loved fire and this museum played to that.
So, in partial homage to that exhibit, here is a bubble display of a slightly different kind: Bubbles and ferromagnetic liquid.
They don’t explode, but it is pretty damn amazing to watch.
Besides, it’s Friday and if you’re reading this, it’s not like you have anything else to do, so go ahead and check it out!
