Category: Science


The Psychopath Test

Is there a definitive line that divides crazy from sane? With hair-raising delivery, Jon Ronson, author of The Psychopath Test, illuminates the gray areas between the two.

Slo-Mo Cat Landing On Her Feet

Destin with Smarter Every Day uses high-speed video to explain the physics behind how cats always land on their feet.

Time-lapse photography from the International Space Station.

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Time-lapse photography from the International Space Station.

I’m using this as the background image on my Gmail.

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Time-lapse photography from the International Space Station.

ISS timelapse

These are drops of liquid nitrogen bouncing and dancing across a hot surface, demonstrating the Leidenfrost Effect.

 

Arc Attack performed the Dr. Who theme music on two Tesla coils at the 2010 Makers Faire.

The Iberian peninsula at night from space.

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Meet Your Microbes

In this TED talk, microbiologist Jonathan Eisen tells us about how our bodies are covered in a sea of microbes — both the pathogens that make us sick and the “good” microbes, about which we know less, that might be keeping us healthy.

Pic of the Day – 3/7/13

Ruh-roh, Schrödinger. Be afraid. Be Sanrio afraid.

hello schrodinger

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