
Amateurs Take On the Universe
A look back down the telescope at citizen astronomers
A look back down the telescope at citizen astronomers
Shawn Carlson investigates how plants grow in reduced gravity
Shawn Carlson explains how to build a cosmic-ray telescope
Shawn Carlson describes a way to view the path of charged particles
Shawn Carlson shows how to fine-tune a laboratory thermometer
Shawn Carlson explains how to simulate simple organisms on your computer
Shawn Carlson explains how you can carry out the polymerase chain reaction in your kitchen.
Watch your heartbeat with do-it-yourself equipment, as described
Some very serious and sober experiments with giant soap films, courtesy of Shawn Carlson
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