Tesla constructed a 142 foot high metal mast in Colorado Springs. From this he could shoot out bolts of man-made lightning over 100 feet long. Tesla created the first remote control by using it on a toy boat. Demonstrated in 1898, it was considered largely useless. In his later years, Tesla became increasingly eccentric. He […]
Do you know of any other tricks to tell if someone is lying online or not? Let us know in the comments section below! [Hack College]
Okay, I’m going to be the first to admit it. There’s quite a few things I don’t like about Pinterest. I’ve written about it elsewhere, but I think I may have given the wrong impression. It’s not that I think Pinterest sucks. On the contrary: I think it’s awesome. I spend an inordinate amount of […]
Could you imagine your life without the Internet? If the massive information network went away from one day to the other, how do you think people would react? The worst part for me would be the loss of access to all those awesome cat videos on Youtube. That would be totally awful. ;) Via: OnlineEducation.net
The origins of autism spectrum disorders has long been under debate; everything from childhood vaccines (now debunked) to prenatal care to environmental agents have been researched, and while the causes of autism are perhaps varied and unpredictable, and research is still incomplete, the best working theory involves assortative mating. Backing up the idea that specific […]
I don’t know about you, but as a guy who works around 40 hours per week on the Internet, I can’t help but feel a little concerned about this. According to this infographic, the areas of my brain responsible for speech, memory, motor control, and other important areas could be 10 to 20% smaller than […]
Yep, definitely the chart I would have up at home when I have kids. [Source: Time for Hugs! | Via I f* love science]
So the gender debate rages on. Buzzfeed recently posted an article that summarised the results of a research project led by sociologist Eliane Ecklund. The survey involved asking 3,455 physicists, from graduates through to tenured professors, asking them as to why women were so underrepresented in their field. They had to select one of the […]
Gravity. The stars in day. Thoughts. The human genome. Time. Atoms. So much of what really matters in the world is impossible to see. A stunning animation of John Lloyd’s classic TEDTalk from 2009, which will make you question what you actually know. [TEDEducation]
You might assume that children can learn something from using tech devices, but it’s hard to isolate the results from other education and life influences. But the man behind the One Laptop Per Child program says he found encouraging results by running a semi-controlled experiment in two Ethiopian villages. Nicholas Negroponte (pictured) first reported the […]