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Examine the properties of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through demonstrations involving honey and cornstarch

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Lusitania sinking, illustration from The War of the Nations (New York), December 31, 1919. World War I, WWI. This image is one of three on the page. (See source file for the other two.)

7 of the World’s Deadliest Shipwrecks

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Two chicks near an egg with a white background (poultry, chick, chickens, birds).

What Do Eggs Have to Do with Easter?

Rural Irish landscape, Sligo, Ireland.

Why Is Ireland Two Countries?

Fish. Lionfish. Lion-fish. Turkey fish. Fire-fish. Red lionfish. Pterois volitans. Venomous fin spines. Coral reefs. Underwater. Ocean. Red lionfish swims by seaweed.

10 of the World’s Most Dangerous Fish

illustration of the walking titanosaurus, Patagotitan mayorum

Titanosaurs: 8 of the World's Biggest Dinosaurs

The impeachment trial of Pres. Andrew Johnson, illustration from Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper, March 28, 1868.

What If the President Is Impeached?

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Examine the properties of Newtonian and non-Newtonian fluids through demonstrations involving honey and cornstarch

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Magnus effect Pascal’s principle boundary layer cavitation thixotropy carrier fluid Venturi effect perfect fluid Newtonian fluid fluid flow radiation chemical bonding chemical element subatomic particle atom electricity time chemical compound light electromagnetism

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Lord Rayleigh, engraving by R. Cottot.

Lord Rayleigh

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Osborne Reynolds

British engineer and physicist

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Italian physicist Guglielmo Marconi at work in the wireless room of his yacht Electra, c. 1920.

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