Phdcomics have released a new video, this one from the Language and Linguistics department at the University of Melbourne in Australia. Sara Ciesielski is producing a thesis called “Language Development and Socialization in Sherpa” and here it is…in 2 minutes: [Via phdcomics]
In the following video, Vsauce explains the science behind the friend zone concept. Why are people getting friend-zoned? There are many factors to friendzoning, involving several “scientific” explanations, including, among other, the Scarcity Principle. After watching the video, I can only come to one conclusion, being friend-zoned can’t be such a bad thing. Have YOU […]
An infographic on how to become an über geek? Really? So what do you guys think, do we really need a guide on what we need to do, as geeks, to “evolve” to the next echelon of geekdom? Also, the Uber-Geek portrayed in this infographic seems to be someone who’s getting a step closer to […]
While people all over the world are marking the 78th anniversary of the birth of Elvis Presley, we would like to give props to a treasure who is still with us -University of Cambridge professor emeritus Stephen Hawking, who turns 71 years old today. Born on the 300th anniversary of Galileo’s death, Hawking is a […]
We all know cats have become the superstars of the online humor community. There’s grumpy cat, there’s the gazillion lolcats photos and my personal favourite – cats that look like pinup girls. However, the fascination and obsession with cats doing rather odd things (like barking!) was not a creation of the World Wide Web. In […]
Think again. Posted with a simple “I don’t think people understand how lonely I am on facebook”, Libby Cooper proceeded to post the following images of her pretty epic cover photos. You’ll excuse the bad photoshopping for the sheer hilarity! [Libby Cooper Via Buzzfeed]
Newly published statistics show the world’s population has very different interests when it comes to Wikipedia pages. While English speakers are interested in Facebook, Japanese speakers prefer adult films and German speakers are most intrigued by dead-end streets. Swedish man Johan Gunnarson of the Wikitrends project has put together a list of the most viewed […]
Say the word “doubt” aloud. What is that “b” doing there? Does it have any purpose? Gina Cooke explains the long and winding history of “doubt” and why the spelling, though it seems random, is a wink to its storied past. [TEDEducation]
We often hear it, but how true is the phrase ‘Money can’t buy happiness’? Is there a correlation between the two, and if so, what can we learn from it? It turns out, if you think money and happiness are exclusive, you simply aren’t spending it right. [AsapSCIENCE]
An American reporter is planning to retrace the steps humans first took when spreading from Africa across the world. Paul Salopek’s journey, which begins in January, will see him walk around 22,000 miles over the course of seven years. The journey will begin in East Africa and take him across Central Asia and China, then […]