Cooling Ability of Fresh Ice vs. Melty Ice
Initial observation: When making mixed drinks and reusing ice, the shaker seems to become much colder than when using ice fresh out of the freezer. Question: Does the initial temperature of ice cubes...
View ArticleBreast Size Measurement via Archimedes’ Principle
Breasts come in a wide variety of sizes, and due to their shape, are difficult to accurately measure to determine their actual sizes. In this study we will use Archimedes’ Principle, which uses the...
View ArticleSnow to Boiling
Drip-pan or Reflector? What is the purpose of the under-element pans on the stove? In the spirit of science, and wanting the snow to go away, we will run some tests to see how long it takes to go from...
View ArticlePurple Potato pH Palette
The mystery of the purple-turned-blue potato scraps… (aka, fun with pH & colors!) Initial observation: A little piece of purple potato at the bottom of the Primary Testing Facility’s kitchen sink...
View ArticleSnow melt siphon
How to mitigate basement flooding with a garden hose siphon. Initial observation: We had an impressive amount of snow this year (223.75″) and it has been melting FAST. This has led to significant...
View ArticleWhen Science Goes Wrong
Sometimes, science just doesn’t go as planned…. We were tasked to test the functionality of a Biolite stove, which was recently acquired for the northern extension of our testing facilities. Since...
View ArticleBalls of Steel and Ice
Having contributed the a successful Kickstarter campaign that claimed to “harness the power of phase change to keep your beverages cold” last year, we were excited to put the product to the test. In...
View ArticleOn the importance of searing steaks
Here at the primary testing facility, we recently acquired our first sous vide immersion circulator. Since this is a novel cooking technique for us we have many questions. In this post we seek to find...
View ArticleIced Beverage Challenge: Brandy vs H2O
When consuming iced beverages, it casually seemed that ice would disappear at different rates depending on the beverage. What happens when we actually test this? Initial observation/Question: It seemed...
View ArticleFrosty, the car window
Sometimes frost on the *inside* surface of the car’s windows is a fact of life here at the primary testing facility. The defroster grid in the back window, while typically used to melt frost, the...
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