In the Leidenfrost Effect, a water droplet will float on a layer of its own vapor if heated to certain temperature. This common cooking phenomenon takes center stage in a series of playful experiments by physicists at the University of Bath, who discovered new and fun means to manipulate the movement of water. Researchers test […]
Apart from featuring Sean Bean as Ned Stark in Season 1 of Game of Thrones, there’s another thing that Game of Thrones and Lord of the Rings have in Common. Behold: [Via Reddit]
I’ve seen plenty of nice and geeky sleeve tattoos, but I really like this one by tattoo artist Ian Hopkins. Batman Comic Book Sleeve by Ian Hopkins of Ian Ink Tattoo in Southampton England. Full Colour. Took around 40 hours. Won award for Best Large Colour at Southampton’s Titanic Ink Tattoo Convention. [Source: Ian Ink […]
Entrepreneur Robbie Rane made some waterproof stickers that transform your toilet into a Sarlacc pit! Oh noes! A couple years passed and it still made me chuckle when I thought about it, so I decided I needed to make it happen So after a push from my wife, some prototyping, learning about plumbing, and collaborating […]
6 laws that can help make anything adorable… or almost. Comic by Jacob Andrews from For Lack of a Better Comic for College Humor. [Source: College Humor]
https://vimeo.com/67200324 A simple and elegant intro to the TV version of George R.R. Martin’s A Song of Fire and Ice. [Mathilde Loubes | Via Neatorama]
How did everything get started? Has the universe a beginning or was it here since forever? Well, evidence suggests that there was indeed a starting point to this universe we are part of right now. But how can this be? How can something come from nothing? And what about time? We don’t have all the […]
“Lucky the Leprechaun’s loss is our loss. When Lucky’s cereal is taken from him, who is really getting robbed? We are. Raising children to turn a blind eye to petty crime steals our future from us. But we can get it back. We can fight for our future. Our lucky charms are: hope, compassion, family, […]
How long can YOU last until this video gets you yawning? And now, follow this up by finding out why we yawn in the first place, and why it’s contagious: [ASAPScience]
Yep, geeks and nerds pretty much rule the world in 2014. We wrote about it a while ago. Other people have sung about it. The next step? Mars, and then the universe! [Buzzfeed]