Red Angry Bird Reaches Orbit Aboard the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft [Video]
Those darn angry birds are really everywhere these days! [Via [H]]
Category Archives: Science
Ice Skating Brontosaurus [Video]
A very cool ad for the Denver Museum of Nature & Science. [Via Neatorama]
A Time Lapse View from Space [Video]
Check out these time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. [Vimeo]
Time To Study the Earth’s Core
Ever wonder what’s at the core of the Earth? Of course not. We all know it’s carnivorous twenty foot magma worms. That’s why we stay away. That is, until a bunch of smarty-pants scientists decided to doom us all. They’re going to study the Earth’s core. How do they manage this, you ask? At the […]
Wear More Clothes to Seem Smarter
Ah, winter. It’s coming! It’s my favorite time of the year. I love the snow and the cold. Call me crazy. But, women also seem sexier to me this time of year. It’s strange. When summer rolls around there’s that initial sense of youth with all that exposed skin, but during winter, when women (or […]
5 Cognitive Biases That Prove Your Brain Hates Science
Gamma Squad has a fantastic article up explaining exactly why your brain hates and refuses to be wrong. Everybody hates being wrong. I turn red when I am. But I try so hard to admit it. But now I’m thinking, maybe I don’t! Maybe I am wrong about everything! Articles like this, that cause introspection, […]
Hydrophobic Spray Repels Water
I try to be as careful an eater as I can be, but without fail, every time I get up from the table I have ketchup/coffee/beer spilled all over the front of my shirt. I will be buying this product ASAP. Though it did pain me to see them waste all that perfectly good chocolate […]
Single Molecule “Nanocar” Completes Test Runs
Forget the Mini or even the Ka, there’s a new leader in the race to produce the world’s smallest car, and this one is going to be hard to beat. A team of eight researchers have produced an “electric car” from a single molecule. It’s not an attempt to solve crowded roads, but rather an […]
HOW TO: Make a Laser Microscope at Home [Video]
A simple way to make a laser microscope at home using a simple laser pointer, a syringe full of filthy water, two glasses, and a blank wall. [Via GTDW]
The Magic of Augmented Reality [Video]
Ever wanted to stand under a lightning storm inside a mall? Or pet a leopard? Or just stand idly by as a Tyrannosaurus Rex walks past? If you were hanging out in Hungary recently, you could have had the chance. Thanks to an Appshaker pair-up with National Geographic, Hungarian mall shoppers were able to insert themselves into […]