While the video is intended to give you a sort of explanation of how the Northern Lights work, he takes a much more humourous approach compared to most science documentaries. It’s really funny seeing some of the people’s misconceptions. “Photons and…you know, neurons…superfluidity of neurons…” That made me lol.
British scientists have estimated the total methane output of one class of dinosaurs at a point around 150 million years ago. Amazingly it’s more than the total methane produced in the world today and could theoretically have prolonged a period of historically high temperatures. The work was carried out by a team led by David […]
A team of astrophysics researchers who were at a telescope on Mount Haleakala in Hawaii have published an article in Nature detailing their findings from 2010 when they witnessed a supermassive black hole taking down a star – and how they got to watch every second of it. A happening that is less common than […]
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson claims the title “scientist” above all other “ists.” And yet, he says he is “constantly claimed by atheists.” So where does he stand? “Neil deGrasse, widely claimed by atheists, is actually an agnostic.” [BigThink]
For those who want to skip the video: Really, really, really, really, really small. But if I’d be you, I’d watch the video anyway. :) [TEDEducation | Via IHC]
I am far from a biologist and I wouldn’t even call myself a science geek, but I was intrigued when I saw this article called Why our Skin is Waterproof because, well, I had never really thought about it before. The common phrase, “Like water off a duck’s back” implies that these avian creatures are exemplary […]
I’m a big, big fan of the Sagan Series on Youtube, and how I missed all four episodes of the Feynman series (created by the same person,) is beyond me. But now that I’ve stumbled on them, I’m a happy man. I’ll let you guys discover this awesome new series featuring, as I’m sure you […]
Be sure to hit the full screen button below after starting the video. Enjoy! PHD Comics visits particle physicist Daniel Whiteson at CERN, where Daniel talks about what the mysterious Higgs Boson is and how the LHC is going to find it… if it exists! [PHD Comics]
It seems that researchers at the University of Nevada have discovered that the antibiotic tetracycline has caused pseudoscorpions (i.e. arachnids that kinda look like scorpions) to suffer from a reduced sperm viability, and that this effect is passed on to the next generation! The pseudoscorpions treated with the antibiotic had a reduced sperm viability of […]
[Via Blame it on the Voices]