The energy released in an earthquake ranges over many orders of magnitude. Earthquakes are measured on a magnitude scale that is exponential: Each additional unit multiplies the energy released by 32.

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Get Bach to the fundamentals. You can amplify a tuning fork by holding it over a pipe and changing the length of the pipe. At certain pipe lengths, the pitch made by the tuning fork sounds very loud ...

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You may not be able to put a square peg in a round hole—but you can make a square wheel roll on a round road. Square wheels roll smoothly on a surface with bumps of the right size and shape. Using hot ...

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See objects float using movie screen technology. Strobing lights are projected into the well, where they are reflected by three rotating sheets of plastic that act like movie screens. The flashing ...

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Retrain your aim to a skewed view.