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Building Tensile Strength or How to Jump Out of a Plane Without Dying

May 5, 2016 By Parampreet Singh

Tensile strength is the measure of how much stress a material can withstand without breaking. The amount of stress, in the form of pulling and stretching, a material can handle before it breaks is its tensile strength. The Strong and The Weak Paper, because it rips easily, has  low tensile strength.  A sheet of metal, which… Read More →

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Creating a Relief Valve or How Not to Explode

March 23, 2016 By Parampreet Singh

The Relief Valve A relief valve is exactly what it sounds like. It is a valve that offers relief from built up pressure. If the relief doesn’t come then the explosion surely will. In terms of chemical makeup, a gas is made up of billions of atoms weakly attracted to each other. That’s what makes… Read More →

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The Distribution Curve or How Not to Get Fooled by Small Samples

May 17, 2015 By Parampreet Singh

The most helpful scientific idea for the mind elevater is the distribution curve. We’re not all the same height. Some of us are tall and some of us are short and most of us are in between. A distribution curve shows this. It is a quick and easy way to represent the idea that not… Read More →

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