I know, it’s strange to think that a geek might not look good in glasses. Unfortunately, there are some out there and in today’s society, that’s ok! You can correct your vision covertly with the wonderful advent of contact lenses. However, it seems that we’ve gotten a little bit lax in this generation with our […]
The challenge to reduce carbon emissions rages on (despite those who “don’t believe” in global warming). According to Manuel Jiménez Aguilar, an answer may lie in our urine. In a study he published in the Journal of Hazardous Materials, Aguilar explains that urea results in the production of ammonium bicarbonate and also ammonia, which can absorb atmospheric CO2. So […]
If there are martians observing Curiosity, determining whether it is friend or foe, they are sure to be up in arms as Curiosity lasered up a rock. Yesterday NASA reported that the Curiosity rover fired its first laser – first laser on Mars (its mamma must be so proud). Rocks on Mars are special and […]
On The Oatmeal’s latest blog post, he calls out to geeks and geek-supporters everywhere to pitch in to the building of a Tesla Museum at the site of his old laboratory, the Wardenclyffe Tower. Apparently the land has recently gone up for sale and a non-profit is trying to raise money on indiegogo to buy the land […]
I’m struggling to figure out what fictional creature this very real seaslug looks like. Some sort of Pokemon perhaps? A robot creature from some game somewhere? My brain is failing me. Someone help me! If you’re wondering, it’s actually a real creature: it goes by the name of “Glaucus atlanticus” (I’m loving the atlanticus part) and […]
It’s always nice to be reminded of these things. [Via I f* love science]
It can be hard to understand all of that messy stuff they call ‘science’. Why not let Fake Science help you understand the really difficult questions about astronomy, making babies, lighting things on fire and how styrofoam came into the world. Check out the book on the Fake Science Page – selling for only $11.53 […]
ASAP bring us another wonderful scientific insight. So the more fat & sugar you eat, the hungrier you get! That’s a pretty scary biological function to live with in this day and age! [ASAP Science | Via a fan!]
A mirror reflects the color of the surface that faces it, but do you know what color a mirror truly is? [vsauce]
Using the fundamentals of set theory, explore the mind-bending concept of the “infinity of infinities” — and how it led mathematicians to conclude that math itself contains unanswerable questions. [TED]