There’s a lot of excitement right now around the record-speed vaccines for COVID19, some of which are already starting distribution in parts of the world. But given that these are mRNA vaccines – a relatively new technology that has not been widely used before – we wanted to explain how they work, and what happens […]
“A planet near you” is relative, of course, as 300 million miles is still quite a journey. NASA’s Perseverance rover launched in July, and is scheduled to land in the Jezero Crater on Mars on February 18. The landing will be covered live, and to drum up enthusiasm, NASA released a “trailer” for the landing, […]
Bioluminescent beaches are not something you see in many parts of the world, but if you ever do, you’ll remember for the rest of your life. This bioluminescence is cause by an algae called Noctiluca scintillans, also commonly known as the sea sparkle. From Wikipedia: Noctiluca scintillans, commonly known as the sea sparkle, and also […]
The desire to be free from the limits of the human experience is as old as our first stories. We exist in an endless universe, only bound by the laws of physics and yet, our consciousness is trapped in mortal machines made of meat. With the breathtaking explosion of innovation and progress, for the first […]
Your mortal enemy has captured you and hooked you up to a bizarre experiment. He’s extended your nervous system with one very long neuron to a target about 70 meters away. At some point, he’s going to fire an arrow. If you can then think a thought to the target before the arrow hits it, […]
Sure, we might not be “a long time ago in the galaxy far, far away,” but that does not mean that characters from the Star Wars universe cannot litteraly go into space! On Sunday, during SpaceX’s historic Crew-1 commercial flight, the crew brought a special guest inside the Dragon capsule: The Child, also affectionately known […]
Update: the launch is over, but you can still watch it in the video above by Starting the video at around 4:12:00. NASA’s SpaceX Crew-1 mission will be the first crew rotation flight of a U.S. commercial spacecraft with astronauts to the International Space Station. NASA astronauts Michael Hopkins, Victor Glover, Shannon Walker, and Japanese […]
Youtuber Magnetic Games uses various neodymium magnets to create magnetic accelerators, which he uses to propulse ball magnets at high speed. Watch them in action in the video above. [Magnetic Games | Via The Awesomer]
Here’s a video by Youtuber CGP Grey explaining why hexagons are the bestagons, meaning the shape that is not the most effective at covering a surface for storage purposes, but also the most structurally resistant. [CGP Grey]
By the end of the 21st century, humanity is becoming desperate. Decades of heatwaves and droughts have led to unusually poor harvests, while the warming oceans yield fewer fish each year. In the tropical zones, millions suffer from famine and resource wars have made millions more flee to the north. As things quickly get worse, […]