Venus is a thoroughly unpleasant place thanks to its hellish temperatures and acidic clouds, but a new study adds another wrinkle to our strange sister planet: Venus’s day varies by Keep reading
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Waterspouts
Despite their ominous appearance, these waterspouts – like most of their kind – are fair-weather phenomena unrelated to tornadoes. They can form when cold, dry air moves over warm waters. As warm, Keep reading
Putting a Spin on Splashes
Researchers put a spin on splashing droplets with selective wetting. When a drop impacts on a water-repellent, superhydrophobic surface, it will spread circularly, then pull back together and rebound off Keep reading
Fire Tornado in a Bubble
File this one under awesome tricks you shouldn’t try at home. Here bubble artist Dustin Skye demonstrates his handheld inverted fire tornado. First, he blows a large encapsulating bubble, then Keep reading
Water Bottle Flipping Physics
In 2016, a senior talent show launched a new viral craze: water bottle flipping. As improbable as it seems at first glance, physics is actually on your side when it Keep reading
From Firenado to Water Spout
Just a few years ago, fire tornadoes were almost fabled because they were so rarely captured on video. Now, with worsening wildfire seasons and cell phone cameras everywhere, there are Keep reading
Rainbow Paint on a Speaker
Every year brings faster high-speed cameras and better quality imaging, so the Slow Mo Guys like to occasionally revisit topics they’ve done before, like paint vibrated on a speaker. The Keep reading
Caught in a Whirl
View this post on Instagram #menorca #bubblering #jellyfish #freedive #goproes #gopro @goproes @gopro @angels.of.the.sea A post shared by Victor de Valles (@victordevalles) on Jun 6, 2017 at 12:15am PDT Vortex Keep reading
Bubble Tricks
[original media no longer available] Everyone remembers playing with soap bubbles as a child, but most of us probably never became as adept with them as magician Denis Lock. In Keep reading
Fire Tornadoes in Action
Commonly called fire tornadoes, these terrifying vortices often occur in large wildfires and have more in common with dust devils or waterspouts than true tornadoes. They form when warm, buoyant Keep reading