The Science of Motivation [Video]
Want to stick to your New Year’s Resolution? ASAP Science ha you covered with the science of motivation! [ASAPScience]
Category Archives: Science
Why Han Solo Shouldn’t Be So Old In The Force Awakens [Video]
A group of students at the University of Leicester’s Department of Physics and Astronomy, who unsurprisingly also happen to be Star Wars fans, have a theory that says that Han Solo should look younger than he actually is in “The Force Awakens” thanks to his ship, The Millennium Falcon, and an aspect of Einstein’s […]
Defog Your Car Windshield With The Power of Science! [Video]
Basically, there’s 4 things you must do:4 -Heater on full blast -AC = On -Inside air circulation = Off -Crack your windows open There’s a few other tricks in the video, but this is essentially it! [Mark Rober | Via Sploid]
How Did the Universe Begin: Gillian Anderson Explains The Big Bang Theory [Science Video]
How did the universe begin? As you’ll see near the end of the video, the Flying Spaghetti Monster is clearly responsible for the birth of the universe. Our pasta, who art in a colander, draining be your noodles. Thy noodle come, Thy sauce be yum, on top some grated Parmesan. Give us this day our […]
Why December Has The Longest Days of The Year [Science Video]
December has the longest solar days (noon-to-noon) because of the weird way a combination of the axial tilt of the earth and the eccentricity of its elliptical orbit conspire in December. Perihelion + Solstices = Long Days. [MinutePhysics]
A Look at Space Debris Orbiting Earth From 1957 to 2015
Almost 20,000 pieces of space debris are currently orbiting the Earth. This visualization, created by Dr Stuart Grey, lecturer at University College London and part of the Space Geodesy and Navigation Laboratory, shows how the amount of space debris increased from 1957 to 2015, using data on the precise location of each piece of junk. […]
Why Do We Age While Lobsters Do Not? [Science Video]
Cell biology gives clues to why we age and lobsters don’t. A fascinating science video by Derek Muller from Veritasium. [Veritasium]
A Looks at NASA’s Spacesuits of the Future [Video]
NASA takes you on the journey engineers go through to make a spacesuit. What challenges must be overcome to build a spacesuit capable of withstanding the heat, cold and the extreme environment of space? Learn about the accomplishments achieved by humans working in space, and discover two new prototype spacesuits, the PXS and the Z-2, […]
What if You Were Shoryukened? [Science Video]
From VSauce 3: In my quest to apply video game violence to real life I went after the age old question of what would actually happen to a person if they were hit by Ken’s Shoryuken from Street Fighter? It turns out… it wouldn’t be good. [Vsauce3]
The Lightsaber: 10 Things You Didn’t Know!
We all know the lightsaber is the greatest fictional weapon of all time. But unless you study all the games and books and EU of Star Wars, you know less than you think about these stellar blades of pure light. Now, thanks to VariantComics, you know even more.