About 10% of the world population is left-handed. But why does handedness exist and what determines which hand is dominant? Scientists have suggested several theories, but the answer may well lie with evolution. [Scishow]
It turns out that superhuman strength may not be so farfetched… [ASAPScience]
A rather entertaining version of Macklemore’s Thrift Shop by three ladies who decided to take a mathematical approach the song. Check it out! [Miranda Johnson | Via]
I mixed Neil Degrasse Tyson’s audio from the Joe Rogan Experience podcast into a funky rap about the universe. [Andy Greenhaw | Via IO9]
The Supreme court has ruled that human genes can’t be patented. However, synthesized versions of the material can be patented, the judges ruled. In a unanimous verdict, the judges ruled against Myriad Gentics. That’s a firm which registered patents on two genes (BRCA1 and BRCA2) which appear to be indicators of women having an increased […]
Watch as the team from the Periodic Videos Youtube channel drop a piece of hot charcoal into liquid oxygen and film the whole process with a high-speed camera. Fascinating. [Periodic Videos | Via IHC]
Check out this amazing picture featuring a boulder that went tumbling down a slope on Mars. The photo was caught by the HiRISe camera located aboard NASA’s Mars Reconnaissance Orbiter. What started it up? A Marsquake, a nearby impact, the erosion of its underpinning due to the relentless Martian winds? You can see the boulder […]
Ok, so this video isn’t the most exciting thing in the world, but it gets its point across very simply and elegantly. Animation for a hypothetical organisation, particles, that make particle physics theories relevant and interesting for the general public. This is a short explanation of the Higgs boson, which I created as part of […]
The Higgs boson may have no spin, electric charge, or color change, but the Higgs boson watch has a nice imitation leather band and a spinning second hand that spirals around. The image shows what is believed to be evidence of the Higgs decaying into other bosons during a collision. Available at Amazon.com and at […]
Can human beings really feel the temperature of the objects they touch? Check it out in the video above, the answer might surprise you. [Minute Physics | Via TA]