The Tree of Life: The Story of our Humble Origins
Narrated by broadcaster and naturalist David Attenborough, the Tree of Life is a six-minute documentary that retells the story of life on earth, from its very early days up the present era.
Category Archives: Science
Making sound visible through cymatics
In the following video, Evan Grant demonstrates the science and art of cymatics, a process for making soundwaves visible. Useful for analyzing complex sounds (like dolphin calls), it also makes complex and beautiful designs.
Loopa Gyroscopic Toddler Bowl
What do you get when you combine science and a conventional cereal bowl? A Loopa Gyroscopic Bowl! This amazing invention will keep your young kids from spilling their cereal all over the place, no matter what they do. The bowl is dishwasher safe and is easy to pick up and handle, even for small hands. […]
Study: Bloggers Are Happy
Ok, maybe not “happy” but at least happier than they used to be. According to “Measuring the Happiness of Large-Scale Written Expression: Songs, Blogs, and Presidents“, a research report from Peter Dodds and Christopher Danforth, two mathematicians from Vermont University, the general mood of bloggers seems to be in an upward trend since 2005. Starting […]
NASA’s Tour of the Cryosphere
NASA has just released an amazing video exploring the effect of global warming on the Cryosphere, that part of our planet where water can be found in solid form for most of the year. The animation was built using high definition visuals coming from thousands of satellites and it looks absolutely fantastic. Check it out: […]
Non-Dairy Creamer Cannon
In the following clip, The Mythbusters test if they can create a ‘creamer’ cannon using non-dairy creamer, compressed air, and a flare. Watch how they create one of the scariest-looking explosions ever on the show. And as they note at the end of the video, please don’t try this at home! :) [Via TechEblog]
What keeps a train on the tracks while it’s turning?
Most people think that trains stay on the tracks while it’s turning because of the flanges on its wheels. Unfortunately, that’s wrong. Think about this as well – while there’s an axle connecting each of its adjacent wheels, there’s no differential in the middle of it. How does it turn without derailing? In the following […]
Wireless Electricity Demo
Eric Giler, CEO of MIT-inspired WiTricity, wants to untangle our wired lives with cable-free electric power. In the following video, he covers what this sci-fi tech offers, and demos MIT’s breakthrough version, WiTricity — a near-to-market invention that may soon recharge your cell phone, car, pacemaker. With this promising new technology, you may soon never […]
Suicidal planet defies the astronomy rulebook
Astronomers are hoping a recently discovered planet is on a rare suicidal orbit around its parent star. If it isn’t, the entire basis on which they make calculations about orbits may have to be rewritten. WASP-18b is around 325 light years away from Earth: though that’s 1,885 trillion miles, it effectively makes it a close […]
Shamed embryo ‘expert’ accused of scientific and financial fraud
A South Korean scientist who faked the production of a human embryo from cloned material is facing four years in jail over the incident. Hwang Woo-Suk has been charged with embezzlement and with accepting funds under false pretences. That relates to the US $2.25 million he received from public funds to carry out the studies. […]