An interesting video from Smarter Every Day taking a look at how bats fly in comparison to birds. [Smarter Every Day]

Childbirth vs Getting Kicked in the Balls – Which hurts more? A scientific breakdown to settle the score! [ASAPScience]

Chemists at Duke University have put together a database covering every possible combination of molecules that chemists could create in a laboratory. The idea is to keep track of what work has already been done, as well as settling disputes about who created what. The chemists reasoned that as drug synthesis involve humans putting together [...]

Making children walk across what appears to be a pool of liquid is one of the best known science demonstrations. Now researchers have discovered more about the way this material, dubbed oobleck, reacts to shocks — and the findings could improve car safety. Oobleck, which takes its name from a Dr Seuss book, simply refers [...]

One of the scientists who worked on the development of the Higgs boson theory has backed calls for it to be given a name reflecting more than just one man. The debate comes a few weeks after CERN announced it had only one remaining variable to eliminate before confirming that the particle discovered through the [...]

In a parallel world, a version of me is conducting an experiment that solves this dilemna. BUT NOT this universe. *plays video games* – NobbyKNobbs [Minute Physics]

CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield performed a simple science experiment designed by grade 10 Lockview High School students Kendra Lemke and Meredith Faulkner. The students from Fall River, Nova Scotia won a national science contest held by the Canadian Space Agency with their experiment on surface tension in space using a wet washcloth. [Canadian Space Agency]

Ever wonder why your face leaks when you’re sad or emotional? Find out why in this great instructional video from ASAP Science. [ASAPScience]

It’s bedtime on the ISS. CSA Astronaut Chris Hadfield shows us how astronauts sleep in space. [canadianspaceagency]

The toy consists of a heavy, thick chrome plated steel disk, a slightly concave, mirrored base, and holographic magnetic stickers which can be placed on the disk. The disk, when spun on the mirror, exhibits a spinning/rolling motion (or spolling, a blend of “spin” and “roll”), slowly moving through different rates and types of motion [...]