Bubbles

SciShow Tangents

Kids Month floats on as we talk about possibly our lightest subject ever: bubbles! Pop in to learn what makes a simple soapy membrane so fascinating to kid and adult like!

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[Trivia Question]

Perfect bubble wand perimeter

https://www.nyu.edu/about/news-publications/news/2018/august/researchers-uncover-the-science-behind-blowing-bubbles.html

https://arstechnica.com/science/2018/09/theres-now-an-even-more-precise-recipe-for-blowing-the-perfect-bubble/

[Fact Off]

Tadpole bubble-sucking to breathe

https://www.instagram.com/p/B9AO801nrJI/

https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2020/02/200226130510.htm

Microscopic “rockets” propelled by a bubble and sound waves

https://www.eurekalert.org/news-releases/634184

https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.aax3084

http://brennen.caltech.edu/fluidbook/multiphase/Bubbleordroplettranslation/bjerknesforces.pdf

[Ask the Science Couch]

Air bubbles in needles (unintentional or intentional)

https://www.nhs.uk/conditions/air-embolism/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2734897/

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/books/NBK542192/

https://starship.org.nz/guidelines/agitated-saline-bubble-study-for-the-detection-of-an-intrapulmonary-or/

https://www.health.harvard.edu/heart-health/what-is-a-bubble-study

[Butt One More Thing]

Polymers in laxatives make big soap bubbles

https://www.discovermagazine.com/the-sciences/physicists-discover-why-this-bubble-solution-makes-monster-bubbles

​https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/02/physicists-determine-the-optimal-soap-recipe-for-blowing-gigantic-bubbles/

https://journals.aps.org/prfluids/abstract/10.1103/PhysRevFluids.5.013304