You are not a person, you are a planet, made of roughly 40 trillion cells. There is so much of you, that if your cells were human-sized, you would be as big as 20 Mount Everests. For your creepy-crawly inhabitants, this makes your body an ecosystem, rich in resources and warmth and space. A perfect […]
Youtuber Jake Laser made a real liquid Venom suit that actually expands to cover his whole body. The first part of the suit is made form magnetic beads, and then Laser dips his arm into a vat of ferrofluid, a black magnetic liquid saturated with iron particles, allowing the liquid to crawl up onto his […]
Toxicologist Anne Chappelle answers the internet’s burning questions about poison. How do antidotes work? Can a pencil give you lead poisoning? Can you overdose on vitamins? Anne answers all these questions and much more! [Wired]
Since many cancers don’t have symptoms early on, they may go unnoticed until they are at an advanced stage. But that is changing, thanks to a newer, non-invasive tool. [SciShow]
True facts about the mosquito by the always amusing Ze Frank. [Ze Frank]
I’ve been a huge fan of Minute Physics and Minute Earth for a long, long time, and today, the Youtube channel unveiled their new book: MinuteEarth Explains: How Did Whales Get So Big? And Other Curious Questions about Animals, Nature, Geology, and Planet Earth. The book is perfect for both kids and adults and features […]
From Reactions: This week we show you how two simple changes can turn cardboard-y pizza into award winning pie (okay, award-winning might be a slight exaggeration, but we awarded ourselves a win, so deal with it). Here’s our simple recipe for making stellar pizza at home: Mix 1 package (0.25 oz) of dry yeast into […]
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There are ALOT of stereotypes for us gingers, and the scientific truth is even weirder: we can’t feel pain properly. Here’s why. [ASAP Science]
A look at whether glass is a solid or a liquid for a scientific point of view. [SciShow]