Can a Hair Dryer Damage Your Hair?
Hair dryers dry your hair by blowing a stream of hot air through a diffuser right onto your moist hair, thus speeding up the evaporation. Though it seems harmless, the damage the hot air does...
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How Are Neutrinos Formed and Detected?
Explore how neutrinos are formed, learn about their fundamental nature, and find out how neutrinos can be detected although they do not interact with matter.
Can Strong Magnetic Fields Affect Humans?
Humans are made up of blood. And blood has iron in it. So what happens if a human is placed inside a very strong magnetic field? Will it affect the human body in any way? In this edition of Geekswipe, we’re going to look into the types of magnetism that exist in the world, and how a human body would react to different strengths of magnetic fields.
What Is Hydrogen-alpha?
Hydrogen alpha is a specific wavelength of visible light at 656.281 nm. A hydrogen atom emits a photon at this specific wavelength when its electron jumps from an excited quantum state or electron shell or energy level of n=3 to a lower level of n=2. Explore what H-alpha is, and how it is applied in astronomy.
