Denise Plante and Murphy Huston from the KOSI Morning Show in Denver, Colorado invited me to visit their show to talk about our upcoming book signing for Naked Eggs and Flying Potatoes. Finding science demonstrations that play well on the radio can be tough, but we hit a home run with this one. I purposely didn’t tell Denise what was going to happen until I uncovered the big container of broken glass. Take a look at what happened…
Jeff Vinokur is a science enthusiast who recently took his love for science and dance on NBC’s America’s Got Talent this summer.
On the show, Jeff performed science demos including erupting Insta-Snow, Insta-Worms and Exploding Hydrogen Balloons all while performing a dance routine. He shared a picture of the performance from the show from the Chicago Sun Times with us.
Jeff currently attends the University of Wisconsin-Madison as a Biochemistry major. Besides being a passionate scientist, he is also an accomplished hip hop dancer.
He performed his Dancing Mad Scientist act for America’s Got Talent in the Chicago Theater and advanced to the Las Vegas round. Unfortunately, Jeff was eliminated as part of the top 100 acts. Only a small piece of his act made the show and is included in the clip below.
We had a fun and informative discussion on solar energy and renewable energy sources during our Twitter party on Tuesday night. Thank you to everyone who joined in. We look forward to tweeting with you in the future. Follow us @spanglerscience to join the conversation.
During the Twitter party, we promised a post with more in-depth answers to our questions.
We talked a lot about Photovoltaics. Photovoltaics are simply defined as the method of turning the sun’s power into solar energy.
Solar energy puts the sun’s energy to work in the form of electricity, heating and lighting. A strong effort is being put into solar energy because it is reliable and has few environmental impacts. Solar energy is also an abundant and renewable resource.
Q1: Myth or Truth: Solar electricity cannot serve any significant fraction of U.S. or world electricity needs. Q1 ANSWER: Photovoltaic technology can meet electricity demand but the system is not set up to do so yet.
PV technology can meet electricity demand on any scale. The solar energy resource in a 100-mile-square area of Nevada could supply the United States with all its electricity (about
The Spangler team received its second Heartland Chapter Emmy Award last Saturday night at the awards gala held in Denver, Colorado. The award was received for the half hour television special – Spangler Science and Weather at Coors Field - that aired on KUSA-TV 9News in Denver, Colorado. But this award is extra special for the Spangler team because we share it with our own Bradley Mayhew who is credited on the Emmy as the editor.
Our first Heartland Chapter Emmy Award was awarded in 1997 while I was working at KCNC as the host of News for Kids, a nationally syndicated show that aired every Saturday morning.
Combine two parts hydrogen with one part oxygen and you get water and a little energy. Unlike traditional hydrocarbon fuels, hydrogen and oxygen do not produce any bad bi-products for the environment. This is an incredible, renewable source of energy. It is also the idea behind fuel cell cars.
Meteorologist Becky Ditchfield at the NBC affiliate in Denver wasn’t so sure about testing this renewable energy source out in the palm of her hands, but she quickly became a believer in the power of hydrogen.
This video is for demonstration purposes only. Do not try this at home.
The Spangler team received its second 
