Every Day is an Experiment. Take a look at those pure white powders in your kitchen. Sugar, salt, flour. They look identical, but what if they got shuffled up and you couldn’t tell which was which? How would you identify them? (No tasting allowed!) This time, we’re diving into a “Science Mystery” lurking in our […]

This is Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every Day is an Experiment. 【This article is also available on the radio!】 When we talk about cherry blossom viewing, the beautiful petals are, of course, the main attraction. But have you ever taken a close look at the leaves—the very things that support the star of the […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, your Science Trainer. Every day is an experiment. On a dry winter day, the moment you reach for a metal doorknob… ZAP! ⚡ That unpleasant, voice-calling shock is something almost everyone has experienced. What exactly is that tiny spark? And in the Edo period, when its true nature was completely unknown, how […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, Science Trainer. Every Day is an Experiment. You flip the switch to “On!”, and electricity flows instantly with a “Zap!” A small light bulb lights up immediately. This is what we consider “normal.” But what if there was a “contrarian” component inside the circuit?You might flip the switch to say, “Time to […]

I’m Ken Kuwako, Science Trainer. Every Day is an Experiment. You probably learned in middle school science that “ammeters must be connected in series, and voltmeters must be connected in parallel.” You may have simply memorized it as “the rule,” but why must it be done that way? Ammeters and voltmeters look nearly identical. Perhaps […]