science
The Chemical Reaction Nightmares Are Made Of
Thursday, March 11th, 2010So apparently when you set mercury thiocyanate ablaze, Satan himself eats an angel puppy. There is not a single bad word strong enough to express how deeply disturbed I am by what just happened. I’m pretty sure you’re all going to think this is hella cool and all, but that’s because you’re all seriously demented [...]
High Speed Camera, Mosquito And Laser
Friday, February 12th, 2010Who doesn’t love some high speed photography/video and a couple of lasers? People who hate awesome things. But who cares about them anyway? Let ‘em sulk in the corner while we watch this awesome high speed footage together of a laser taking down our least favorite vampire menace, the freakin’ mosquito. Who would have thought [...]
DIY Periodic Table Shelf Awesomeness
Monday, January 25th, 2010And I just drooled. Everywhere. Mostly because I just dozed off for a second a few minutes ago with my tongue hanging out, but also because this periodic table shelf/cabinet/awesome unit is the shizz-nit. And if you’re feeling a little brave and want to take on some acrylic, you can check out the tutorial on [...]
Comet Vs. Sun
Sunday, January 3rd, 2010Wait for it…
Wait for it…
Wait for it…
BOOM! Comet! Go comet! Gooooooo com-
…
RIP Comet.
[via Gizmodo]
Saturn’s Moons Keeping It Real
Monday, December 28th, 2009I happen to be fluent in scientific mumbo jumbo. Allow me to translate you this little exerpt from the International Space Fellowship site.
To celebrate the holidays, the Cassini imaging team has created a video collection of “mutual events,” which occur when one moon passes in front of another, as seen from the spacecraft. Imaging scientists [...]
A House For An Octopus
Tuesday, December 15th, 2009Apparently the octopus is pretty clever.
// Sydney – Octopuses, sometimes called the slugs of the sea, are much brighter than we thought, Australian researchers said Tuesday. They filmed veined octopuses in Indonesia carrying and stacking coconut shells to be used later as armour to protect them from predators.
Julian Finn and his Museum of Victoria [...]
Periodic Cupcakes!
Monday, November 30th, 2009Man, that is one loved nerd to have gotten a whole friggin’ periodic table of cupcakes for her birthday. You know, if chemistry class was more like this, I probably would have actually studied for my tests. Then again, such a delicious subject could be pretty dangerous since I’d probably eat all my homework and [...]
Dinosaurs Are People Too!
Thursday, November 12th, 2009There’s a lot to be said about dinosaurs and how awesome they were, but now it looks like they possibly could have been warm blooded too. Say whhhhaaaaattttt?
Now, using a biomechanical model that predicts the energy cost of walking and running based on the size of an animal’s leg bones, researchers have shown that the biggest [...]