Why Do We Like the Smell of Our Own Farts [Science Video]
Yes, believe it or not, there’s a scientific explanation on why people (apparently) like the smell of their own farts. [AsapSCIENCE]
Category Archives: Science
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Has a Love-Hate Relationship With Interstellar. Here’s Why!
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson reviewed Interstellar via a large number of tweets yesterday. Here’s why the man loved and hated the movie. He also reviewed Gravity a few months ago in a similar manner. Warning: If you haven’t seen Interstellar, MAJOR SPOILERS AHEAD. In #Interstellar: All leading characters, including McConaughey, Hathaway, Chastain, & Caine play […]
Battery Plating Could Reduce Swallowing Dangers
More than 3,000 people a year swallow batteries in the US. Now a biomedical engineer has developed a way to reduce the resulting injuries and fatalities. While choking is an obvious hazard when swallowing any small object, there’s also a serious risk from the current itself. When a battery is in a liquid such as […]
Gravity in the World’s Biggest Vacuum Chamber: Dropping Feathers vs. a Bowling Ball in a Vacuum
Watch as English physicist Brian Cox visits NASA’s Space Power Facility in Ohio to see what happens when a bowling ball and a feather are dropped together under the conditions of outer space. Even if you know what will happen, this is totally worth the watch anyways! [BBC Two]
Can You Actually Erase Bad Memories? [Science!]
What if you could delete specific memories? ASAPScience shows you how it may already be possible in their new video! [AsapSCIENCE]
Vitamins are the Superheroes of Your Body. Here’s How they Work [Science Video]
Vitamins are the building blocks that keep our bodies running; they help build muscle and bone, capture energy, heal wounds and more. But if our body doesn’t create vitamins, how do they get into our system? Ginnie Trinh Nguyen describes what vitamins are, how they get into our bodies — and why they are so […]
Student’s Jewelry Transforms Veins Into a Power Source [VIDEO + PICS]
WARNING: The photos & video featured are not for the faint of heart. Graduate student Naomi Kizhner has created “speculative” jewelry that uses a person’s veins as an electrical power source. Since the jewelry has to be embedded in someone’s skin, Kizhner created the project to demonstrate just how far we will go to “‘feed’ […]
3 Ways Video Games Are Good For You
An interesting video from Gamespot highlighting some of the latest positive scientific research about how playing video games is good for you. Check it out! [GameSpot]
It’s Okay to be Smart — Ebola: The Full Story
What Ebola is, where it comes from, and what all of this means for us. A highly informative video that makes a tough topic accessible to everyone! Ebola is no death angel… it’s just a virus! [It’s Okay To Be Smart]
The Chemistry of Fear [Science Video]
From The American Chemical Society: “Fear is the expectation or the anticipation of possible harm… We know that the body is highly sensitive to the possibility of threat, so there are multiple pathways that bring that fear information into the brain,” explains Abigail Marsh, Ph.D., associate professor of psychology at Georgetown University. Marsh’s research focuses […]