Supermassive black hole + supermassive black hole = super-SUPERmassive black hole! Supercomputer models of merging black holes reveal properties that are crucial to understanding future detections of gravitational waves. This movie follows two orbiting black holes and their accretion disk during their final three orbits and ultimate merger. Redder colors correspond to higher gas densities. […]
Hexaflexagons: The coolest thing ever since the invention of the wheel. Try it, your mind will be blown. [ViHart]
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A NASA spacecraft has recorded eerie-sounding radio emissions coming from our own planet. These beautiful “songs of Earth” could, ironically, be responsible for the proliferation of deadly electrons in the Van Allen Belts. [Via]
Feeling a bit under the weather after reading in the car, or spending some time on the sea? Find out the secret behind motion sickness in humans. [ASAPScience]
Climate change is one of those hot topics these days. We are increasingly realizing we need to be more “green” and stop abusing our planet lest we break the atmosphere as we know it. In the meantime, in order to preserve our way of life, scientists are trying to come up with ways to battle […]
Great tips, cute geek. So basically, put these 6 ingredients, kale, beets, blueberries, apples, cayenne peppers, and anchovies in a juicer, and it’ll help improve your brain power while keeping it healthy at the same time! Whether you’re studying for a test or just feeling like your brain needs an extra kick, try these foods […]
Are you more honest than a banker? Under what circumstances would you lie, or cheat, and what effect does your deception have on society at large? Dan Ariely, one of the world’s leading voices on human motivation and behaviour is the latest big thinker to get the RSA Animate treatment. [Via IHC]
Find out how to stop procrastinating…by procrastinating with this video. Procrastination Inception! Thanks Mitchell! [ASAPScience]
YouTubers Veritasium, a self-described “science video blog from atoms to astrophysics,” have created a new, effing adorable music video about the bonding properties of atoms — which apparently, are out just lookin’ for love! [Via Gay Geek]