Science Surfing Animals

Whys Guy

By Science News

Interested in seeing an exploding watermelon, using liquid nitrogen to make ice cream, or knowing why a hurricane spins? Physicist Mats Selen of the University of Illinois has appeared regularly on a local morning TV program to demonstrate a wide variety of physical and chemical phenomena. View video clips of these entertaining presentations. Requires Windows Media Player.

Go to: http://www.hep.uiuc.edu/home/mats/whysguy.html

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