Goodbye Stephen Hawking [Comic]
Ok, this actually made me cry. Such a beautiful comic and a touching homage to a great an brilliant man. [Source: CommitStrip | Like CommitStrip on Facebook]
Ok, this actually made me cry. Such a beautiful comic and a touching homage to a great an brilliant man. [Source: CommitStrip | Like CommitStrip on Facebook]
Professor Stephen Hawking, who has died aged 76, had a combination of skills arguably unparalleled in his lifetime. Not only was his work in theoretical physics truly exceptional, but few matched his ability to communicate complicated ideas and engage the general public. Hawking’s work encompassed ideas that are simultaneously fundamental and yet difficult to describe […]
It doesn’t seem possible, but animal rain is definitely real, and there is an actual scientific explanation for it… probably. [SciShow]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D6hWbnigyxg On a cosmic time scale, human history is as brief as the blink of an eye. By compressing all 13.8 billion years of time into a 10 minute scale, this video shows just how young we truly are, and just how ancient and vast our universe us. Starting with the big bang and culminating […]
Is String Theory the final solution for all of physic’s questions or an overhyped dead end? Find out in the latest episode of “In a Nutshell.” [Kurzgesagt – In a Nutshell]
Eyeballs are unique organs, providing many animals with the ability to interpret the light waves in the world around them, but what are these squishy parts made of? Find out in this episode of the SciShow! [SciShow]
If you can’t get decent 4G coverage in your area, there’s an extreme solution: two companies plan to build a network on the moon next year. Don’t book your flight yet, though: the network isn’t designed for human use. Instead it will be used for two lunar rovers as they explore the moon. You may […]
Poisoning has always been a popular method of getting rid of one’s enemies, but is there actually a “perfect” poison capable of being completely undetectable? Here are 6 of the poisons that have confounded doctors throughout history! [SciShow]
A microscopic time-lapse video showing the birth and growth of snowflakes by Vyacheslav Ivanov. Oh, and if you’be missed our post featuring stunning macro shots of snowflakes, be sure to check it out right here. [Vyacheslav Ivanov | Via IO9]
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6AifjiH5SLk What we think are “seeds” are actually the ovaries of the plant itself, and the part we eat is holding them together. [Geobeats]