The chain fountain phenomenon, also known as the self-siphoning beads, Newton's beads or the Mould effect, is a counterintuitive physical phenomenon observed with a chain placed inside a jar, when one ...

NASA astronaut Don Pettit has helped YouTuber Steve Mould with the final step in his "weird chain theory": testing the idea in space. In 2013, YouTuber and science communicator Steve Mould brought the ...

NEW YORK – Usually, physics research starts with a known problem. There are surprises, of course, but they don’t often come from Internet videos, as happened with the case of the mysterious chain ...

James is a published author with multiple pop-history and science books to his name. He specializes in history, space, strange science, and anything out of the ordinary.View full profile James is a ...