Boiling Noise
Why does water make noise before it boils? (Collapse of small bubbles that form.)
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Forgetting Dreams
Why can't we remember all of our dreams? (Happens in the deep parts of the brain, perhaps not meant …
Green Leaves
Why are leaves green? (Chlorophyll doesn't absorb green light, so it reflects back.)
Camera Red-Eye
Why do flash pictures sometimes give subjects red eyes? (Light reflects off blood-vessel-rich …
Rust-Free Gold
Why doesn't gold get rusty? (Gold oxide is less stable in air than gold itself.)
Monkey Pay-Per-View
Monkeys will take a smaller juice reward to look at pictures of female monkey butts.
Theory of Relativity
Albert Einstein's 1905 paper on the theory of general relativity
Atomic Motion
Albert Einstein's 1905 paper on how heat can be explained by the atomic nature of matter
Quantized Light
Albert Einstein's 1905 paper on the quantum nature of light