Experiments

The color decomposition of your markers

The primary colors are cyan, yellow and magenta. Three colors from which all others derive. One way to find out what the color of the felt-tip pens is made of is to play with water, a coffee filter and use the principle of capillary action. […]

Subjects

When confinement is used to develop the greatest theories of physics.

Isaac Newton, the famous English physicist who developed the theory of universal gravitation, was also confined 3 centuries earlier. London was then hit by the Great Plague. When he was a student, the University of Cambridge sent the students home to comply with the rules of confinement, as today we have to do with the Coronavirus. This genius knew how to use his time to develop his theories in optics and solve mathematical problems. […]

Experiments

Soap bubbles to make invitation cards

Soap is a lot more fun than you can imagine. Use its exceptional power to create multicolor and original invitation cards by taking advantage of the science behind tensioactive properties! […]

Animals

How does the chameleon blend into its environment?

When we change clothes, it’s for the pleasure of wearing what we like, playing sports or dressing up. The chameleon makes fun of fashion or carnival, if it changes skin color, it is for more primary reasons. Green, brown, yellow, but also blue or pink, the chameleon is the undisputed master for changing skin. But how does it work? […]

comment avoir chaud dans un igloo ?
Physics

How to warm up in an igloo?

For tens of thousands of years, humans have exploited snow to build igloos that keep them out of the cold. A crazy idea when you think about it, because snow and ice are cold! […]