magnetism

This article is a set of scientific facts, the results of my own research and their theoretical justification. I posted the article in separate posts to create a sufficient number of posts and get the opportunity to add video and images. Since antiquity, it was believed that all world space...

Will a powerful magnet help trigger inductive-loop traffic signals? I am an avid motorcyclist. And, as anyone who is, I have a hatred of most traffic signals. Most signals where I live have sensors that detect vehicle activity and trigger lights accordingly. Like anyone who has spent much...

Lindsay Lohan wants to become a "human magnet": http://www.digitalspy.com.au/showbiz/news/a79777/lohan-learns-to-be-a-human-magnet.html "The actress met Romanian Aurel Raileanu on Facebook and plans to fly him to LA to teach her to make objects stick to her body. "Raileanu, a 40-year-old...

As many JREF Londoners will have undoubtably seen on the way into work today, there is a story about a young lad who is magnetic! Or so he says...

http://www.aolhealth.com/2011/02/24/magnetic-boy-7-attracts-electronic-and-metal-objects/?icid=maing%7Cmain5%7Cdl7%7Csec1_lnk3%7C46455 This sort of stunt looks familiar...

Can we discuss this video please. The classic Geller video which he appears to grab a device and attach to his thumb to turn the compass was always clear cut to me. I've been shown a link to a debunking of the debunking. Can someone with more experience than me take a look at this and help me...

Aura, Immature air, spirit what ever called is going to power your car and I can visualize eyes rolling so let me try and put it in a more exceptable prospective. Any one who has experienced Earthquake, Tornado etc knows the power of energy, you all have seen the anvil at the top of a...

A while back I was playing with a collection of small, ordinary magnets and marveling at how they attract and repel each other, and I began to wonder about something: With those magnets and some ordinary building materials, such as glue, wooden sticks, and so on, would it be possible to build...

http://blog.wired.com/wiredscience/2009/03/snakes.html?npu=1&mbid=yhp This is incredibly interesting, because it could explain how life formed on early Earth. There are several videos and a fairly long article, but you won't be disappointed.

This was posted on the Bad Astronomy Blog, but If people haven't already seen it I thought they might appreciate* it. It is AWESOME! http://www.semiconductorfilms.com/root/Magnetic_Movie/Magnetic.htm Okay, I'm being somewhat self-serving too. The video was filmed at my former place of...

No, the title isn't inaccurate. And no, it's almost certainly not what you are thinking. But it's probably the coolest thing I've seen in awhile. (Yes, I know it's CGI, but it's a really neat use of CGI.)

Gravity or Electromagnetism(EM)? Which is stronger? Which matters most? In another topic, which is about Plasma Cosmology, whatever that may be, the statement came up again, about Gravity being "stronger" than Electromagnetism. The first time I saw that I simply checked, and EM is 1039...

http://www.thesun.co.uk/article/0,,2-2007400651,00.html Step right up. ;)[/LEFT]

I live just north of the mouth of the Columbia River, on the Long Beach Peninsula. The whole town is built on a big sand spit. The other day, I noticed something that really amazed me, and when I showed it to some other locals, they were amazed too. I had dropped a magnet on the ground, and...

I was wondering about aligning one's bed with the Earth's magnetic field as described in the commentary. What would happen at the US South Pole base, where the magnetic field must be aligned largely vertically? Should they just hang sleeping bags on the wall? If so- would that be head...

hey all: just curious: I'm not a physics major or an engineer, just an electronics buff and mechanical nut. I do have a good grasp on the basics though. Still, would someone explain to me how magnets seem to defy gravity? I have several sticking to the fridge, obstaintly disobeying...

I've designed a free energy machine, and constructed some of the parts for the device in my workshop. The power source for the motor is a quadrupole magnet, which are worth over $10k per magnet. They are not sold to the general public and are only used in classified and restricted nuclear...

I have found not one, but two people that might win the MDC. I wasn't looking for these persons, and they didn't make any claim about having powers, or abilities. What happened was I found out from a third party about something woo going on. And I did some research, then some testing. And...

Hello all, I had an "eye opening" experience last weekend, which I'm pretty sure many of you have been through already. Before I start to relate this let me just say that I've been a bona fide skeptic for a few years now but I have yet to find one person worthy of the name "skeptic" in my...

After an unsuccesful (although probably not exhaustive) Google search, I'm left with the following question to display my ignorance and forgetfulness: If you stack alternatingly oriented permanent magnets (e.g. NS-SN-NS-SN-NS-SN) by clamping them together with a strong clamping device (they...

I need some ideas, people. I'm constructing a school show on magnets, and so far have the basics but want some awesome looking demonstrations. I've got my hands on some large rare earth magnets and have made a decent sized gauss rifle, which works well. I considered making a rail gun (I want...

Does anyone knows about Prof Allan Snyder? Is he or his work credible? I see some local advertising for some "Build your own eduation business" citing the use of his "breakthrough mind concepts". I looked for stuff about him on the net. On a site called the Centre for the Mind by him, it said...

A friend of mine claims he can magnetize a steel screwdriver by hitting it with a hammer at a certain angle along Earths "lay lines". Has anyone ever heard of this nonsense?

I was in a bar tonight and I saw a device there that claims it can make liquor taste better by aging it with a magnetic field. It sounds far fetched to me but I thought I'd see what other opinions were. Here are a couple paragraphs from the front page of their web site. "Shooter Buddy and...

Interesting, that's for sure. We'll see how he reacts to the talcum powder requirement. :D Any chance of seeing scanned-in copies of those pictures he sent you? (Btw, the link is empty. Here's a corrected link. ) (edited to add corrected link)

According to an article published in the BMJ, wearing a magnetic bracelet can "ease aches" caused by osteoarthritis. I'm quite pleased to see the BBC taking a pretty cagey stance on this story, by including phrases like: and and indeed: Which I suppose is something. However, I fear...

An interesting article I read today: http://www.news-medical.net/?id=6732 These were conducted in light of possible methodological flaws of earlier studies, including possible lack of true double blindness.

I read the Commentary about the guy who seriously believed he broke computers by his presence. Reminds me of when I was a schoolkid, and there were occasional stories about people who coudn't wear watches because they always stopped. Well, I seemed to be one. I had to wear a watch for school...

This may be a dumb question, but I am curious about something. How could one make a device (electro-magnet configuration) that actually does the opposite of an electro-magnet? Let me give you some background on this question. I do not necessarily believe in the Philadelphia Experiment, however...

I thought this would be an interesting share: (I have no idea what he is talking about in the edit. What a loon!) (later..)