The Democrat, Edward J. Markey, from Massachusetts rips the GOP for trying to repeal a bill that states pollution harms people and the planet itself. The Republicans actually want to delete science. So Rep. Markey makes fun of them saying he’s afraid to stand, because conservatives might try to overturn the laws of gravity, and we…
If you put milk in before taking the tea bag out you are a monster. FACT. 1. Water should be at boiling point when you pour it over the tea bag. View this image › VvoeVale In his 1946 essay in the Evening Standard on tea, George Orwell said “one should take the teapot to…
When it comes to making money, few financial institutions rake in more cash than the cosmetics industry. In fact, Americans spend an average of $40 billion a year on makeup and skincare products. Thousands of people out there (ladies and gents alike) will stop at nothing when it comes to looking and feeling a little…
Wired controlled toy race cars on tracks are so 20th century. With new quantum levitation technology, The Japan Instituted Of Science And Technology created a race track inspired by the Wipe Out video games. The video is featured on GamesRadar and TheDailyWhat. [youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zqmdv5iyIOY] Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2012/01/03/quantum-levitation-wipe-out-race-track/
In the media, people constantly deny climate change. They claim there is a huge liberal conspiracy to trick the world into accepting Global Warming. But in the same breath they say they aren’t scientist, let alone a climate scientist. So to clear up any misconception, real climate scientist tell it like it is. They say…
Lots of things can happen on live television. Technical difficulties force anchors to cut away from reporters in the field, temperature glitches happen during weather broadcasts…you really never know what to expect. But that’s half the fun! Sometimes broadcasters handle it with grace and impeccable ease, then there are other times where it’s clear that…
Anyone who grew up in the 80′s and 90′s remembers the days before DVDs and digital video. If you wanted to watch the latest film back then, you had to go to the video rental store to rent a VHS cassette tape to play in your VCR. Everyone had a VCR. But what many people…
Ah, yes, the jump rope. A childhood toy that is found on most playgrounds, and can be used for games, exercise, and (apparently) incredible physical performances. Meet Adrienn Banhegyi. She has “15 years of competitive jump rope experience, 2 world records, multiple World and European Jump Rope Championship wins, and even a Cirque du Soleil…
Yesterday morning, I hit up Starbucks with my coworker. Coffee runs are a daily morning ritual for us. But her visibly distressed demeanor was not. I asked her what was up, and she told me she was in a weird mood because some of her more recent work was being bashed and torn apart. A…
Get ready for the most incredible science win ever, delivered by none other than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Hes pretty much the king when it comes to shutting down people who peddle bad science, but this most recent case completely takes the cake: When an 8-year-old told the badass astrophysicist that she wanted to live on…
For a lot of people, there is nothing scarier than a tornado. There’s really no defense against the massive storms except maybe top-notch civil engineering and evacuation. Depending on its power, a tornado will destroy everything in its path. In case you haven’t realized by now, it’s a very bad idea to run towards a…
Popular science educator Michael from Vsauce returns to the web to discuss gravity and the Sun. As a thought experiment, he asks the interesting hypothetical, “What if the sun disappeared?“ It’s not going to happen, but interestingly enough, if it did, we wouldn’t be aware that anything was wrong for a good eight minutes, as it takes…
Using Schlieren flow visualization, Harvard Natural Sciences Lecture Demonstrations can show small changes in the air that would usually go unseen by the naked eye. By pointing a light at a concave mirror and focusing the light onto the edge of a razor blade in front of a camera, the heat of a candle or helium from a balloon can be seen.…
Why do so many people go ga ga when listening to Freddie Mercury sing? What is it about his serenading thats so utterly seductive to the ear? Wanting to know if theres some science behind the remarkable tones of the legendary chanteur, or if its just a kind of magic, a team of researchers decided…
JEFF HIGHSMITH of MAKE and Makezine wanted to bring the Tooth Fairy into the 21st century, so he invented the Tooth Fairy Pneumatic Transport. Using a smartphone as a control pad at the station, Jeff showed his young son who just lost a tooth how to fill the capsule with his treasure and send it to the Tooth Fairy. …
Don’t let anyone tell you that science isn’t awesome. Watching stuff expand, freeze, or even burst into flames is the epitome of fun. That’s why we’re completely mesmerized by what happened when this person blew bubbles in freezing-cold weather. Will it freeze? Will it burst? Watch the video below to find out. Source: Watch a…
It’s easy to get downhearted about climate change. But amazing things are happening that could slow it down. 1. Solar glass View this image › Marcelo Del Pozo / Reuters We’re familiar with solar panels, and solar is probably the most promising renewable energy source. But we are on the verge of a major change…
We’ve all been told that each one of us are as unique as a snowflake. But how unique are snowflakes? Is it true that no two snowflakes are alike? It’s Okay To Be Smart of PBS delves deep into the science of snowflakes in this latest viral video. Read more: http://www.viralviralvideos.com/2014/01/08/the-science-of-snowflakes/
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Featuring a whale with legs and a vegetarian crocodile. From Julius Csotonyi’s new book of paleoart. 1. This creature that was mostly neck. View this image › Julius Csotonyi We have seven vertebrae in our necks, but fish-eating plesiosaur Albertonectes had an amazing 76. It lived in the Bearpaw Sea, which covered most of Alberta,…