With the next full moon just around the corner (Oct 29th,) one of nature’s best optical illusions ‘The Moon Illusion’ is explained: Can your brain outsmart it, or will the moon win again? :) [AsapScience]

Full Screen! Sound up! Light Off! The Known Universe takes viewers from the Himalayas through our atmosphere and the inky black of space to the afterglow of the Big Bang. Every star, planet, and quasar seen in the film is possible because of the world’s most complete four-dimensional map of the universe, the Digital Universe […]

Warning: Please do not attempt to re-create this experiment at home. Watch Filmmaker Joey Shank as he creates beautiful planets using simple dry ice. Dry ice, the solid form of Carbon Dioxide, is often used for creating captivating visual effects due to its mystifying nature. Episode 3 reveals how transforming packaged dry ice into bubble […]

A group of Italian scientists have been jailed for six years for manslaughter after a government official dismissed predictions of an earthquake in 2009. The convicted group included six scientists and one former government official, all of whom worked for the National Commission for the Forecast and Prevention of Major Risks. The sequence of events […]

It’s SCIENCE! [SteveSpanglerScience]

[Minute Physics]

Students from the University of Maryland are trying to build a human-powered helicopter that can hover at least a minute, reach a height of 3 meters (10 feet), and stay within a 10-meter distance from its liftoff point, all this in order to win the $250,000 Sikorsky Prize. It’s difficult to build a working four-rotor […]