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Radiacode 102: A Pocket-Sized Detector Counter That Punches Above Its Weight

Physics Teaching
Physics Equipment
Reviews
Radioactivity
There’s something quietly thrilling about walking through your neighbourhood with a pocket-sized Geiger counter. Not because you’re expecting to find anything sinister, but…
May 19, 2025
JRowing

Maps of the world

Interesting Graphs
R Studio
Walk into any international gathering, and you’ll notice a striking pattern: the color red splashes across flags like a global signature. From the bold crimson of China to…
May 6, 2025
JRowing

 

A use for Sankey Diagrams?

Interesting Graphs
A-level Physics
A Sankey diagram is a type of flow chart used to visualize the distribution or movement of quantities through a system. Named after Captain Matthew Sankey, who first used it…
May 5, 2025
JRowing

Joy-Bird or Bird-Division?

Wildlife
Statistics
Birdnet
Pop Culture
So, if yo’re at all sensible you’ll be fed-up already with statistics from my Birdnet-Pi, but roll with me - this one is more like artwork.
Apr 28, 2025
JRowing

 

60 Demonstrations

Science is full of everyday curiosities just waiting to be explored - and there’s no better way to learn than by doing simple hands-on demonstrations. In the collection that…
Apr 25, 2025
Joe Rowing

Confidence in the Garden: Understanding BirdNET-Pi Confidence Scores and Why They Matter

Wildlife
Statistics
Birdnet
RStudio
2025-04-24
Apr 24, 2025

 

Sherlock Holmes - Can you graph literature?

Books
Statistics
Sherlock
RStudio
2025-04-24
Apr 24, 2025

 

The Wheel of Time and the Science of Everchanging Seasons

Cosmology
R Models
A-Level
Fantasy
2025-04-23
Apr 23, 2025

What Did BirdNET-Pi Hear Last Month? Insights from Our smart bird identifier

Wildlife
Statistics
Birdnet
Over the last month, our BirdNET-Pi setup has been busy eavesdropping on the avian soundscape around our garden. This low-cost device has been collecting acoustic data…
Apr 23, 2025
JRowing

 

Binary Star Model

Projectiles
R Models
A-Level
This model visualizes the observed Doppler shift in frequency for two stars in a binary star system over time. The Doppler effect, caused by the relative motion of the…
Apr 20, 2025

 

Galaxy Rotation Curves

Cosmology
R Models
A-Level
When studying other galaxies it is invariably found that the stellar rotational velocity remains constant, or “flat”, with increasing distance away from the galactic center.…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

The Dice Rolling Simulation

Radioactivity
R Models
A-Level
Each die in this experiment represents a radioactive nucleus. On every “roll” (i.e., time step), each die has a fixed probability ( p = ) of decaying (being removed). We…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

Skydiving from the edge of space

Projectiles
R Models
A-Level
In 2012, Felix Baumgartner jumped from the edge of space, plummeting from an altitude of nearly 39,000 meters. During his descent, he accelerated rapidly, eventually…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

 

90 Ball Bingo

Interesting problems
R Models
Creating a 90-ball bingo card can be challenging because of several key rules and requirements that must be followed, including the distribution of numbers, the uniqueness…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

 

Welcome To My Blog

news
This is the first post in a Quarto blog. I believe that “hello world” is traditional.
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

Boyle’s Law Experiment

Pressure
R Models
A-Level
The original presentation of what we know as Boyle’s law has several interesting features. First, the technical difficulties of the experiment were considerable, because…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing

Exploring the Strong Force

nuclear physics
R Models
Physics
If you’re learning about nuclear physics, chances are you’ve come across three seemingly similar terms: the strong force, the nuclear force, and the Yukawa potential. They…
Apr 19, 2025
JRowing
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