Four and a half years ago, the Allen Institute for Brain Science in Seattle launched a little project called the Allen Brain Atlas. This week, it’s complete, and thanks to the hard work of an international team led by Michael Hawrylycz, we now have a high-res, searchable 3D map of the human brain. Even better? […]
We can do this, we can change the world! A musical investigation into the causes and effects of global climate change and our opportunities to use science to offset it. Featuring Bill Nye, David Attenborough, Richard Alley and Isaac Asimov. “Our Biggest Challenge” is the 16th episode of the Symphony of Science series by melodysheep. […]
Remember Caine, that kid who built a cardboard arcade and thanks to it, amassed over $200ks in donations to persue a future degree in engineering? Well, things have certainly gone very well for him, so well in fact, that a new foundation was launched in his honor to help kids just like him develop the […]
Have you sometimes found that when you’re facing a really tough problem, an old kindergarten trick can sometimes work quite perfectly? Well apparently that can extend to quantum computers as well. At the University of Toronto, researchers have combined superconducting materials and semiconducting materials using good, wholesome two-sided Scotch tape. Quantum computing is a highly […]
This is awesome. Not as badass as Neil deGrasse Tyson, but still awesome. Also: Bow tie. [Via The Mary Sue]
Scientists at Argonne National Laboratory have discovered a way to use sound waves to levitate individual droplets of solutions containing different pharmaceuticals. While the connection between levitation and drug development may not be immediately apparent, a special relationship emerges at the molecular level. [Read more about the subject right here]
Euclid of Alexandria revolutionized the way that mathematics is written, presented or thought about, and introduced the concept of mathematical proofs. Discover what it takes to move from a loose theory or idea to a universally convincing proof. Lesson by Scott Kennedy, animation by Karrot Animation. [Via IHC]
It was a great day for science-loving geeks everywhere. Today’s big haps, in no particular order: Soccer gets a newer, creepier bioengineered makeover Photo: John O’Shea Synthetic soccer balls are so last century. (Replace “soccer balls” with “footballs” if you’re not American.) After making waves at last year’s Abandon Normal Devices festival with his throwback […]
I didn’t know that. I also checked out the source for that info and found out some other cool things about the demoted dwarf planet: – The name Pluto was originally suggested by an 11-year-old schoolgirl in Oxford, England. – No spacecraft has ever visited Pluto, though one is due to reach there in 2015. […]
It was a great day for science-loving geeks everywhere. Here are the day’s big stories, in no particular order: Amateur astronomers captured an enormous explosion on Jupiter Welcome to the age of armchair astrophysics. Two amateur stargazers independently reported a huge flash as something — either a small comet or asteroid — went crashing into […]