Metamorphosis: From Caterpillar to Monarch Butterfly [Time-Lapse Video]
Life Cycle of the Monarch Butterfly. Late instar caterpillar feeding to pupation to eclosing from a chrysalis as a Monarch Butterfly (Danaus plexippus) [FrontYardVideo]
Category Archives: Science
This Much Will Kill You: Surprising Things That Can Actually Kill You [Video]
There are a lot of things out there that can be fatal to you, but here are a few surprising ones! [AsapSCIENCE]
Woman Gets Disability Grant For ‘Wireless Allergy’
A French woman has been awarded a publicly-funded disability grant because she is allergic to radiowaves from mobile devices. However, the ruling stopped short of formally recognizing electromagnetic hypersensitivity (EHS) as an illness. The lady says she is forced to live in a remote barn with no electricity because she suffers adverse effects when exposed […]
The Aphantasia Disorder: Life Without A Mind’s Eye
A neurologist is investigating a condition by which some people cannot visualize images in their head. His team has termed the condition “aphantasia.” Professor Adam Zeman is carrying out a study titled “The Eye’s Mind” that will look at the issue not just through science but also in culture and philosophy. The title is a […]
Toucan Gets 3-D Printed Beak
A toucan that lost part its upper beak — and thus the ability to eat — has been given a replacement via a 3D printer. Tieta was rescued by police from a fair in Rio De Janeiro and had around half of the upper beak missing. Rescuers think that may have been the result of […]
Print Your Own Curiosity Rover
NASA has released 3D print files for making your own tiny version of the Curiosity Rover. The design is available in simple and complex versions, and is made up of eight unique pieces though some, like the wheels, are repeated in multiple units. The pieces come as individual files so as well as producing the standard sized-version, […]
Carl Sagan Biopic In The Works
Warner Bros is to produce a biographical drama titled SAGAN about the astronomer and host of Cosmos: A Personal Voyage who died in 1996. The Tracking Board site broke the news of the movie. The production staff will include Lynda Obst, who worked on last year’s Interstellar (which attempted to maintain scientific credibility to debatable […]
Space Elevator Gets Patent
Most kids come up with the idea of a space elevator, but one firm has been granted a patent on a way to make it work. Thoth Technology of Ontario says its 20 kilometer tower would primarily be a way to get people into space using 30 percent less fuel than launching from the ground. […]
The Chemistry Set For Grown-Ups
While no doubt many readers fondly remember having a chemistry set as a kid, most of those on offer for children aren’t that exciting, thanks mainly to the obvious health and safety concerns. Now a successfully-funded Kickstarter project offers 40 of the “best experiments that science has to offer”, with almost all the chemicals needed […]
Could the Firefly Universe Exist? [Science Video]
From SciShow Space: Firefly takes place in an incredibly complicated star system. But it probably couldn’t exist, because physics. [SciShow Space]