Planets viewed from Earth as if they were at the distance of our moon [Video]
This video shows what other planetary bodies would look like if they’d orbit our world at the same distance as our moon. Enjoy! [Via Crenk]
Category Archives: Science
Faster-Than-Light Neutrinos Result of GPS Movement
So, remember about three weeks ago, when some neutrinos traveling between Geneva and the Gran Sasso Lab in Italy arrived about sixty nanoseconds quicker than the speed of light? That was weird. However, on the 14th, Ronald van Elburg at the University of Groningen at the Netherlands seems to have figured it out. His team calculated […]
Cellphone Bacteria Uncovers Fecal Fibs
It turns out that all cellphones, even those without apps, can serve as a very particular type of lie detector. And the detector tells us many people are not just liars, but filthy liars. The London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine has been working with Queen Mary, University of London to carry out a […]
The European Extremely Large Telescope: The world’s biggest eye on the sky
Here is the official trailer for the E-ELT, the telescope which will soon be the world’s biggest eye on the sky. The European Extremely Large Telescope (E-ELT) will be a ground-based optical/infra-red telescope with a 42m diameter mirror larger than all the current ground-based telescopes combined. This huge mirror will be built from 984 hexagonal […]
Round-Up: Pluto vs. Eris, Oil Spills and Time-Travel [SCIENCE!]
Pluto Might Be the Largest Dwarf Planet, After All Pluto’s still not a planet, but it’s probably the largest dwarf planet now, and that’s something… right? The discovery of Eris in 2005 led to Pluto’s demise as titleholder of our ninth planet. But new measurements indicate that Eris, once thought to be much larger than […]
We Can Recycle Plastic [Video]
Less than 10% of plastic trash is recycled — compared to almost 90% of metals — because of the massively complicated problem of finding and sorting the different kinds. Frustrated by this waste, Mike Biddle has developed a cheap and incredibly energy efficient plant that can, and does, recycle any kind of plastic. [TED]
Sasquatch Discovered in New Warmer Locale [Pic]
Seems climate change has forced Bigfoot away from his traditionally chilly home; the elusive (but totally real) beast of legend has had to resort to extremes, apparently, as he was recently spotted strolling along the surface of the Sun. See? Alan Friedman snapped this shot of an oddly familiar-looking solar prominence. [A] prominence [is] an eruption of ionized gas […]
The Nobel Prize for Physics Explained [Video]
The Nobel Prize for Physics was awarded this week to Adam Reiss, Saul Perlmutter and Brian P. Schmidt for their discovery of the accelerated expansion of the universe. Current theory holds that this is evidence for dark matter, though the Nobel committee was wise to award the prize for the discovery and not its inferred […]
Incredible Night Sky Time-Lapse [Video]
Let’s end the week on a calming note. This time-lapse of the night sky is simply gorgeous, and guaranteed to fill you with at least a little wonder and awe for the universe. I recommend clicking the fullscreen button and turning up the volume. Something tells me Sagan would’ve watched it that way. You can […]
Feynman on the Encyclopedia Britannica [Video]
As a kid who read an illustrated encyclopedia just for kicks, I’m always happy to hear that a similar pastime was enjoyed by some of history’s most celebrated thinkers. I wouldn’t put myself on par with Feynman, we did both share of love of reading something probably not meant for browsing in our idle hours. […]