The top-hatted “drinking bird,” once a fixture in science classrooms for demonstrating the basics of thermodynamics, is making a surprising comeback — as the inspiration for a new clean ...

The drinking bird toy, also called a "dippy bird," has been a fixture of science classrooms for decades. The toy consists of two glass bulbs connected by a glass tube with a highly volatile liquid ...

The action of the “Drinking Bird” is stopped when it is covered with a large bell jar. It resumes its motion when the bell jar is removed. The demonstration can be used to illustrate the expansion or ...

Equipment: A 'drinking bird' and a glass of water. Optional: a plexiglass box and a squeeze bottle containing alcohol. What it does: The bird bobs forward into the glass of water and recovers. It ...

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Consumers can safely drink pasteurized milk, despite reports of dairy cattle infected with the new strain of bird flu.