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Charge a plastic comb with static electricity from your hair and use it to bend a stream of water.
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Charge a plastic comb with static electricity from your hair and use it to bend a stream of water.
You could put a simple candle inside your Halloween jack-o-lantern, but filling it with green fire is much more fun!
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I highly recommend the person stirring the ice cream wear insulated gloves, rather than risk a burn from an accidental nitrogen splash.
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This Lichtenberg figure was made by shooting a beam of electrons (~2.2 million volts) through an insulator. The pattern is illuminated by blue LEDs.
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This festive punch has a glowing hand and gives off lots of fog. It tastes great, too!
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It's easy to make glowing gelatin. Just substitute tonic water for water in the recipe. You can cut it into shapes if you like. Ultraviolet light makes it glow, like from a black light.
Borax crystal snowflakes are fun and easy to make.
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If you coat a container of water and dry ice with bubble solution you will get a bubble that sort of resembles a crystal ball.