Bubbles
Posted July 26, 2022
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Kids Month floats on as we talk about possibly our lightest subject ever: bubbles! Pop in to learn what makes a simple soapy membrane so fascinating to kid and adult like!
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[Trivia Question]
Perfect bubble wand perimeter
[Fact Off]
Tadpole bubble-sucking to breathe
https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AO801nrJI/
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200226130510.htm
Microscopic “rockets” propelled by a bubble and sound waves
https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/634184
https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aax3084
http://brennen.caltech.edu/fluidbook/multiphase/Bubbleordroplettranslation/bjerknesforces.pdf
[Ask the Science Couch]
Air bubbles in needles (unintentional or intentional)
https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/air-embolism/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734897/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542192/
https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/what-is-a-bubble-study
[Butt One More Thing]
Polymers in laxatives make big soap bubbles
https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.013304