The Bermuda Institute of Ocean Sciences presents “The Egg”, a video short from the 2011 BIOS Explorer program’s “Water Moves” series. Watch what happens when we crack open a raw egg 60 feet (20 meters) below the surface! [BIOSstation]
Tesla versus Edison – let the lightning round begin. [Get the t-shirt @ Thinkgeek.com | Via I fucking love science]
Michael Blake, the creator of last year’s viral math/music video What Pi Sounds Like, has just released a new video featuring a musical interpretation of the mathematical constant Phi. Check it out! Thanks Michael!
In the following video, Bill Hammack, the engineer guy, shows how the three key characteristics of laser light – single wavelength, narrow beam, and high intensity – are made. He explains the operation of a ruby laser – the first laser ever made – showing how electronic transitions create stimulated emission to give coherent light, […]
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Superhumans with neural implants may belong to the realm of science fiction for now. But the day is fast approaching when technology offers us abilities beyond our wildest dreams (or darker than our worst nightmares). PhD in Robotics and NYTimes best selling author Daniel H. Wilson had a conversation with us to discuss the near […]
The European Space Agency’s (ESA) Herschel space observatory has revealed an incredibly unique feature of Saturn’s interaction with one of its moons, Enceladus. Some of the water that is ejected from its southern poles finds its way to Saturn’s atmosphere – something we have only conclusively observed in July 2011. The Cassini flight in 2009 […]
So geeks, of all the technologies at display in the Star Trek universe, which do you hope we see become a reality in our lifetime? Source: Best Computer Science Degree | Via Geeks are Sexy Source: Best Computer Science Degree
Bill describes how metals like aluminum and titanium are made resistant to corrosion by growing an oxide layer into the metals. These is the same process used on many Apple products. [Via]
If you’re a bit of a astro junkie and you happen to have a solar telescope handy, well polish it up and get it ready – there’s a once-in-a-lifetime show happening on June 5th 2012 that won’t happen again until year 2117! Venus will transit across the Sun, an event that only happens in pairs […]