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Do you like blowing bubbles with your chewing gum? Of course – who doesn’t? Even adults do it. Only they blow bubbles out of money that can reach huge proportions and burst with terrible force. Economic bubbles occur when a commodity is sold in a free market at a greatly inflated price — that is, for more money than it actually costs. But the price of the goods in the market, as a rule, is determined by the demand (the desire to buy the product) and the supply (the possibility of selling it). If one seller wants to raise the price of their goods, then buyers will run off to buy this product from other sellers. This is called free competition, which levels out prices, making them relatively fair. So then how can prices become inflated in a free market with competition? Learn more in OYLA Youth Science magazine! www.oyla-science.com #oyla #auckland #newzealand #sciencemag #sciencemagazine #KidsSience #OylaScience #OylaYouthScience #school #newzealandschool #aucklandschool #education #australia #economics #bubbles #money #Exchange #price #inflated #business #market #goods #diagram #default #funds #investment (at Auckland Region)

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Did you know that ant colony algorithms are used for the creation of transport routes? Nature has many interesting algorithms in store that have found unexpected uses. The example of a finely-tuned system is schools of fish, capable of instantly changing direction. A school can move so synchronously that some predators prefer to swim past, thinking that it is one huge fish. The reason for this is a system of receptors going through the body in a row of scales, also known as the “lateral line” that helps fish to immediately sense all the motion in the surrounding water. It is interesting to note that a similar behaviour algorithm is used by drivers in traffic: they slow down when somebody’s car is ahead of them, and accelerate when somebody might run into them from behind. In the OYLA Youth Science magazine you will find out how birds helped the creators of The Lord of the Rings save money, how fish inspired the creation of safer transportation, and how bees could help design the Mars rovers! www.oyla-science.com #oyla #auckland #newzealand #sciencemag #sciencemagazine #KidsSience #OylaScience #OylaYouthScience #school #newzealandschool #aucklandschool #education #australia #math #algorithm #psychology #imitation #behaviour #sense #water #illusion #traffic #TheLordofRings #transportation #bees #predators (at Auckland Region)

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Each era has its own riddles, myths and superstitions. In the Middle Ages, anything incomprehensible was seen as a scheme of the devil’s minions. Today, in attempts to unravel the secret of this or that mystical event, the majority of people often rely on pseudoscientific ideas or knowledge. These mysterious rumors about the Loch Ness monster, flying saucers, the Abominable Snowman, and others are mythologized, and presented to us in the form of modern urban legends. We will try to clarify and separate truth from fiction. Read more about #pseudoscience and #UrbanLegends in our new issue of the OYLA Youth Science magazine! www.oyla-science.com #oyla #auckland #newzealand #sciencemag #sciencemagazine #KidsSience #OylaScience #OylaYouthScience #school #newzealandschool #aucklandschool #education #australia #math #biology #physics #UFO #monster #devil #snowman #fiction #rumors #technology #amazing #family  #biotech #bitek (at Auckland Region)