Can You Survive Only Eating Bacon? [Science Video]
What would happen to you if you chose to eat only one thing for the rest of your life, like bacon? Life Noggin explores that possibility in the video above. [Life Noggin]
Category Archives: Science
The Unreasonable Efficiency of Black Holes [Science Video]
This video is about how efficient various reactions are at converting mass to energy (as we know from the Einstein mass-energy equivalence of E=mc^2). Antimatter is very efficient but it is not naturally-occurring. Chemical reactions like fire or explosions are very inefficient. Nuclear fission and nuclear fusion are better, but not amazing on an absolute […]
Could Humans Survive Prolonged Space Travel? [Science Video]
Prolonged space travel plays a severe toll on the human body: microgravity impairs muscle and bone growth, and high doses of radiation cause irreversible mutations. As we seriously consider the human species becoming space-faring, a big question stands: even if we do break free from Earth’s orbit, can we adapt to the extreme environments of […]
The Surprising Reason You Feel Awful When You’re Sick [Science Video]
It starts with a tickle in your throat that becomes a cough. Your muscles begin to ache, you grow irritable, and you lose your appetite. It’s official: you’ve got the flu. It’s logical to assume that this miserable medley of symptoms is the result of the infection coursing through your body — but is that […]
SLOW MOTION SCIENCE! Ferrofluid dropping on magnet
See ferrofluid falling on a magnet filmed at 1000fps. How does the science of falling ferrofluid droplets mimic speghettification while falling into a black hole? Find out in this video from the always amazing Physics Girl. [Physics Girl]
Can Vitamin C and Zinc Help Cure Colds?
You’ve probably heard that taking vitamin C or zinc will keep you from getting sick, but it turns out that those popular cure-alls don’t actually work. [SciShow]
Bioprecipitation: How Bacteria Makes Snow
Raindrops and snowflakes generally start to form around something else in the air, like a speck of dust, but sometimes that something else is bacteria. [SciShow]
Oxytocin Makes Smiling Human Faces More Attractive to Dogs [Comic]
Oxytocin is a hormone that plays a big role in maternal bonding and trust, and according to certain studies, also makes dogs more interested in smiling human faces and makes them feel less threatened by angry faces. [Source: Einstein’s mama on Facebook]
Glass Polymer ‘Self-Heals’ At Room Temperature
A newly created glass polymer can ‘heal itself’ without the need for extreme heat. But suggestions it could be used for phone screens might be a reach. Several polymers already exist with self-healing properties, meaning that with the application of heat they can reform their bonds and thus repair cracks. Aside from the fact that […]
Stunning Slow Mo Footage of a Burning Nitromethane Whoosh Bottle
From Warped Perception: I take the Whoosh Jet Bottle to a different level in this viewer request episode by burning Nitromethane, I have never seen Nitromethane burned in a whoosh bottle before ever, so I was very curious to see what will happen and it looked amazing. I figured since I’m working on so many […]