Hilarious and Gross: True Facts About Marsupials [Video]
Warning: Language. A new video from Ze Frank’s “True Facts” series on animals. Hilarious and gross, as usual. [zefrank1]
Category Archives: Science
Climate Change & the Global Conveyor Belt [Science Video]
Learn about the role of the sea in global warming. The global conveyer belt is part of the large-scale ocean circulation that is driven by differences in the density of the waters. It plays a key role in keeping the climate at balance and Europe warm. Global warming may change it forever with unforeseeable consequences. […]
These Rocks are Just so Dense… [Comic]
[Source: Sara Zimmerman – Unearthed Comics | Like “Unearthed Comics” on Facebook]
Vertigo Explained by Science [Video]
Is the world spinning, and you don’t know why? Scientific American MIND editor Ingrid Wickelgren explains how your inner ear can throw you off balance. [Scientific American | Via IO9]
Dry Ice Bucket Challenge
It had to be done… Donate to the ALS association: http://bit.ly/TKORDonateALS.
Is it OK to Pee in the Ocean?
Putting aside the social and cultural issues for a moment, the American Chemical Society says yes, it’s just fine. [More clips from the ACS’s Reactions series.]
Student Discovers Heart Screening May Be Flawed For Black Athletes
A British teenager has been praised by judges in a science contest after discovering a factor that could put black athletes with heart conditions at more risk of not being diagnosed. Henry Roth explored the genetic condition hypertropic cardiomopathy. It leads to a thickening of the heart’s muscle walls and, if undiagnosed and untreated, increases […]
The Science of Depression
ASAP Science takes a look at an often misunderstood condition in a clip that’s well-timed given the recent public debate sparked by the death of Robin Williams by suicide: What exactly is going on inside of a depressed person? We look at the scientific basis for depression, and shed light on the fact that it […]
The Science Behind The Incredible Hulk [Video]
Sebastian Alvarado, a biologist at Stanford, tries to make sense of how Bruce Banner could turn into the Incredible Hulk and back again. If you enjoyed this, check out his look at the science behind Captain America.
Dust Particles May Be From Interstellar Space
Researchers in the US are getting excited about seven dust particles, each no wider than one-50th the diamater of a human hair. Why? Because they may originate from another solar system. The samples were collected by the Stardust spacecraft (pictured as artist’s impression) from the dust left by the comet Wild 2. Although Stardust collected […]