What is procrastination and how do we stop procrastinating? In this video we seek to answer a potentially life changing question – can you overcome procrastination forever? We sift through the world of science, studies, data and theories to uncover what we know about procrastination and to find out of it’s possible to conjure a […]
You might thing that being neat and tidy is the best way to get stuff done, but being messy actually has its perks. Learn more about the science of messiness in this episode of SciShow Psych! [SciShow Psych]
Scrambled eggs from hell. [Science Channel]
How is it that a breathalyzer can measure the alcohol content in someone’s blood, hours after they had their last drink, based on their breath alone? And could we use this same technology to detect disease by analyzing a person’s breath, without having to use more invasive diagnostic tools like biopsies, blood draws, and radiation? […]
Nobody knows exactly when humans began to create fermented beverages. The earliest known evidence comes from 7,000 BCE in China, where residue in clay pots has revealed that people were making an alcoholic beverage from fermented rice, millet, grapes, and honey. So how did alcohol come to fuel global trade and exploration? Rod Phillips explores […]
From In a Nutshell: Nothing in the Universe is static. In the milky way, billions of stars orbit the galactic center. Some, like our sun, are pretty consistent, keeping a distance of around 30,000 light years from the galactic center, completing an orbit every 230 million years. This dance is not an orderly ballet – […]
From Bright Side: Hey guys! How about a quick 24-hour trip through the history of our planet? That’s right – 4.5 billion years in just 1 day! In real time, the magnetic poles switch places every 250,000 years. Yep, North becomes South, and South is the new North – magnetically, at least! But on this […]
Did you know that Magenta isn’t actually a color? [Via GG]
Here is a picture of N63A, also know as “The Firefox,” a supernova remnant of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of our galaxy’s close neighbor. Explanation: What has this supernova left behind? As little as 2,000 years ago, light from a massive stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) first reached planet Earth. […]
The video above shows the top winner in the annual Illusion of the Year competition. It’s called the Dual Axis illusion by Frank Force. Is this shape spinning vertically or horizontally? You can’t tell, because it’s a 2D image, but your brain makes it seem one or the other, until visual cues help you change […]