Gangnam Style ft. Newton’s Pendulum [Video]
Just when you thought you were forever done with this song! [xmphysics]
Just when you thought you were forever done with this song! [xmphysics]
COVID isn’t the only virus to cause long-lasting symptoms. Other viruses – including the flu – can have similar enduring effects on our tissues and immune systems. LEARN MORE To learn more about this topic, start your googling with these keywords: – Sequelae: Chronic complications of an acute condition. – RSV: Respiratory Syncytial Virus infects […]
Here is the ultimate guide to feeling less tired according to science! [ASAP Science]
Why does Diet Coke and Mentos make a chemical reaction? Do brains really have chemicals inside them? What do electrolytes even do? In this video from Wired, Kate Biberdorf, also known as Kate The Chemist online, answers some of the Internet’s most burning questions about chemistry and more! [Wired]
It may be unscientific personification to think of the Perseverance rover as being lonely on Mars, but now it turns out to have adopted a pet rock. NASA recently discovered the rock has been stuck in Perseverance’s wheel since early February. So far it’s hitched a ride totalling 5.3 miles. It was discovered thanks to […]
How good are you with money? What about reading people’s emotions? How healthy are you, compared to other people you know? Knowing how our skills stack up against others is useful in many ways. But psychological research suggests that we’re not very good at evaluating ourselves accurately. In fact, we frequently overestimate our own abilities. […]
In 1980, Paul Ehrlich and Julian Simon bet $1,000 on a question with stakes that couldn’t be higher: would the earth run out of resources to sustain a growing human population? They bet $200 on the price of five metals. If the price of a metal decreased or held steady over the next decade, Simon […]
You know how moths like to fly into lamps or crawl all over your tv screen at night? Why do they do this?! The answer is more complicated than you might think… [Sci Show]
Octopuses are incredibly smart, yet the majority of their neurons exist in their arms and suckers, and not in their brain, making them as close to alien intelligence as we can find on Earth. Imagine: What if our hands and fingers could think for themselves? [OPB | Via Neatorama]
Your heart beats more than 100,000 times a day. In just a minute, it pumps over five liters of blood throughout your body. But unlike skin and bones, the heart has a limited ability to repair itself. So if this organ is severely damaged, there’s often only one medical solution: replacing it. Dig into the […]