In partnership with Mark Rober, Youtuber the Backyard Scientist used a high speed camera to film some balloons filled with Non-Newtonian Fluid while they’re exploding. He then repeated the experiment with balloons filled with water to observe the difference. Check it out! [TheBackyardScientist]
Could Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder (ADHD) be an evolutionary advantage? My son has ADHD and I can confirm that people who are affected by the condition can be incredibly resourceful when it comes to getting results for something that they’re really interested in. My wife and I suspect that we both have ADHD, but it […]
A fantastic animated version of an interview Studs Terkel did with Carl Sagan in 1985 about extraterrestrials and our inability to communicate with them. [Blank on Blank]
Detective Zack Foxen works for a police department in Georgia and he’s a huge nerd, especially when it comes to science — and fighting crime! His passion for solving crimes — and a prior background in theater and video production — led him to create “Forensic Geek Radio,” a podcast where he explores everything from the latest […]
Steel and plastic are essential to much of our infrastructure and technology. Steel is strong and hard, but difficult to shape intricately. Plastic can take on just about any form, but it’s weak and soft. Wouldn’t it be nice if there were one material as strong as the strongest steel and as shapeable as plastic? […]
Here is why they do not allow people to have metal objects on them while entering an MRI machine. The experiment was performed using a 4 tesla MRI magnet that was about to be decommissioned. Note how magnetic objects let loose tend to oscillate along the magnet bore. That’s because the peak magnetic field gradients […]
Peanut allergies are among some of the most dangerous food allergies out there due to how commonly they are found in the food industry. For the past couple decades, peanut allergies have been on the rise in the United States, and scientists recently may have found out the reason why. [Reactions]
From Cinemasins: The Martian was one of the biggest hits of 2015, and was nominated for tons of year-end awards. But being as it’s set in space and in the near future, we thought it best to bring back Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson to help us separate this movie’s sins from its wins. [CinemaSins]
This is simply someone dissolving some styrofoam cups by soaking them in nail polish remover. Pretty cool, right? Now if someone could sculpt a little terminator and sink it in the mixture like the scene where Arnold Swartznegger gets dissolved in molten metal at the end of Terminator 2, it would be just perfect! [LET’S […]
An ultra-high-resolution NASA computer model has given scientists a stunning new look at how carbon dioxide in the atmosphere travels around the globe. Plumes of carbon dioxide in the simulation swirl and shift as winds disperse the greenhouse gas away from its sources. The simulation also illustrates differences in carbon dioxide levels in the northern […]