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Get Bach to the fundamentals. You can amplify a tuning fork by holding it over a pipe and changing the length of the pipe. At certain pipe lengths, the pitch made by the tuning fork sounds very loud ...

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See objects float using movie screen technology. Strobing lights are projected into the well, where they are reflected by three rotating sheets of plastic that act like movie screens. The flashing ...

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