Science Is Cool! pt. 2
Thursday, September 25th, 2008Check out this hilarious clip explaining for everyone out there who failed chemistry, precisely why noble gases do not bond, and certain elements have explosive reactions:
(via Morgan)
When Colossal Boredom Meets Creativity (and a Brain for Physics)
Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008Ladies and gentlemen, allow me to introduce you to Fantastic Contraption where you are challenged to build a vehicle out of a few parts to move an object from one point to another. Created by Colin Northway with music and art by James Mark and Sarah Collins, respectively, the challenges start our easy but get difficult and interesting pretty fast. One avid workplace engineer reports that this is the most addictive online game he’s ever played.
This is flash freeware, but users have the opportunity to support the game’s designers and try user-created levels. Give it a shot and let us know what vehicles you create!
(Thanks VJ!)
Science Is Cool!
Saturday, August 9th, 2008Curious about all the fuss people are making about CERN’s Large Hadron Collider? Fear that it will rip the fabric of space, where time becomes a loop? Just love to jam? Either way, science has never been cooler.
Comin’ straight outta Geneva…
(via SteveB, via Engadget)
Flavor Crystals 2.0
Wednesday, July 16th, 2008Amazing are the photo galleries from The Molecular Expressions Team at Florida State University. This group analyzes various substances under powerful microscopes and then they post the gorgeous screenshots online. They detail all sorts of substances, but one cool gallery contains various types of alcohols and cocktails we drink on a weekly basis. Check these photos out and be sure to play with the interactive software microscope:
(via notcot)
Science Fair!
Friday, July 11th, 2008ORSM dot net – An awesome gallery of science fair exhibits.
NSFW: this site has boobie and dingdong ad revenue all over the place.
Flying Robot Jellyfish
Monday, May 5th, 2008Three words you never expect to hear together:
Flying Robot Jellyfish.
The Festo Air Jelly:
The Myth of Violence
Wednesday, April 30th, 2008There is a great misconception that complex society breeds violence and that simpler societies live harmoniously.
Like Ewoks.
Next time you have to listen to some crunchy hippie going on about making with world a better place by living in a tee-pee, beat them over the head with this one:
Steven Pinker’s talk on “The Myth of Violence” (TED Talks, 2007):
(via Sachs Report, via Lifehack)
