• Posted on January 09, 2013

THIS IS WHAT IT IS

This is the Samrat Yantra, which means the Supreme Instrument.  It stands 27 meters tall with its shadow moving visibly at 1mm per second making it the world’s largest sundial.  Checking it against the clock on our phones, the time on this sundial is remarkably exact — and it’s so large that you can literally […]

  • Posted on January 08, 2013

HERE’S A QUESTION: WHAT ON EARTH IS THIS?

Guesses below please.  The answer will be revealed tomorrow.  Thanks for playing.

  • Posted on August 14, 2012

A FEW SECONDS OF SCIENCE

We all know that when you flush a toilet or drain a sink in the northern hemisphere, the water drains counter clockwise.  And we know it’s the opposite in the southern hemisphere.  But what happens when the water is directly over the equator?  Here’s the experiment done just five feet north of the equator (shot […]

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