The blood of a woman who died aged 115 has lent support to a theory about why humans inevitably die. Analysis of blood cells from Hendrikje van Andel-Schipper suggests that the eventual death of even generally healthy people may be because stem cells have a limited capacity to replenish tissue. van Andel-Schipper was born in […]
A fun music video from Hank Green and the Perfect Strangers’ upcoming new album, Incongruent [Pre-Order – Release Date: May 7th, 2014]. Oh, and there’s also a much more satisfying explicit version of the song right here if you want to check it out. [vlogbrothers]
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Have you ever wondered how birds see see the world? They actually see way better than us, and can even do so in the ultraviolet part of the spectrum! [SciShow]
From the Veritasium Youtube Channel: Rubens’ Tube is an awesome demo and here we take it to the next level with a two-dimensional ‘Pyro Board’. This shows unique standing wave patters of sound in the box. The pressure variations due to the sound waves affect the flow rate of flammable gas from the holes in […]
Scientists at the University of Queensland in Australia have been watching a piece of pitch (tar) drip–very slowly–for 85 years. They’ve just had the ninth drop in that time, and the first captured on camera. The pitch drop experiment was conceived in 1927 as an extreme way of demonstrating that a liquid could have such […]
Murphy’s Law, Finagle’s corollary: “If something can go wrong, it will, So if you throw a slice of toast with butter into the air, it will always fall with the buttered side down.” Cats Conservation Law: “A cat will always land on its feet.” So, what would happen if we stick a slice of toast […]
Does it go forward or backward? And why? Watch this awesome video from Destin of Smarter Every Day to find out! [Smarter Every Day | Via LS]
From the SciShow: What does it really take for a planet to be habitable? It turns out, certain parts of a star system, a galaxy, and even the universe as we know it, are more habitable than others. Get to know them as Hank takes you on a tour of some of the nicest neighborhoods […]
On Friday we looked back at psychics’ predictions made in the 1975 book The People’s Almanac, forecasting the rest of the 20th century. With New York still above water, cancer uncured, and solar energy pills yet to replace food, the results were somewhat off the mark. However, the authors of the book also asked scientists […]