The Mad Lab

Week VIII Lab: Finding Scientific Articles on Enchanted Mechanics

Week VIII Lab: Finding Scientific Articles on E...

You're challenged to locate one peer-reviewed scientific article each on non-mystic enchantment, the design of illusions, and curiosity as method, extract their core measurements and findings, then design a minimal...

Week VIII Lab: Finding Scientific Articles on E...

You're challenged to locate one peer-reviewed scientific article each on non-mystic enchantment, the design of illusions, and curiosity as method, extract their core measurements and findings, then design a minimal...

Week VII Lab: Map the Magick — Everything is Physical

Week VII Lab: Map the Magick — Everything is Ph...

This week’s lab invites you to take one ordinary “magickal” summer experience, map it completely onto physical processes, run a tiny test that reveals the mechanics underneath, and open-source the...

Week VII Lab: Map the Magick — Everything is Ph...

This week’s lab invites you to take one ordinary “magickal” summer experience, map it completely onto physical processes, run a tiny test that reveals the mechanics underneath, and open-source the...

Week VI Lab: Test Your Hypothesis & Chart the Magic

Week VI Lab: Test Your Hypothesis & Chart the M...

This week’s lab in our Real Magical Summer series invites you to test the hypothesis you formed last week, collect real data, turn it into a clear chart, and open-source...

Week VI Lab: Test Your Hypothesis & Chart the M...

This week’s lab in our Real Magical Summer series invites you to test the hypothesis you formed last week, collect real data, turn it into a clear chart, and open-source...

Week V Lab: Form Your Own Hypothesis

Week V Lab: Form Your Own Hypothesis

This week in our Real Magical Summer series, you get to design your own hypothesis experiment and turn your summer curiosities into real scientific discoveries.

Week V Lab: Form Your Own Hypothesis

This week in our Real Magical Summer series, you get to design your own hypothesis experiment and turn your summer curiosities into real scientific discoveries.

Week IV Lab: From The Grove Findings to Structured Data

Week IV Lab: From The Grove Findings to Structu...

Transform scattered observations into clean, structured digital data with this beginner-friendly Digital Renaissance Fair Lab that teaches you to collect, digitize, organize, visualize, and share them using free accessible tools...

Week IV Lab: From The Grove Findings to Structu...

Transform scattered observations into clean, structured digital data with this beginner-friendly Digital Renaissance Fair Lab that teaches you to collect, digitize, organize, visualize, and share them using free accessible tools...

Week 3 Lab: How to Find, Access, and Read Academic Articles

Week 3 Lab: How to Find, Access, and Read Acade...

This week’s Mad Lab explores the IMRaD anatomy of scientific papers, master-level database searches, paywall access tricks including Sci-Hub, and critical reading strategies to find, retrieve, and critically assess a...

Week 3 Lab: How to Find, Access, and Read Acade...

This week’s Mad Lab explores the IMRaD anatomy of scientific papers, master-level database searches, paywall access tricks including Sci-Hub, and critical reading strategies to find, retrieve, and critically assess a...