If someone told you that they could balance a full-size text book on a piece of paper, you might call up the looney bin. That’s a crazy idea, right? Well, the notion that a book can sit, precariously, atop a plain piece of paper isn’t quite as bonkers as you might think! The secret to […]
Did you know that silver has antimicrobial abilities? The same silver that is in jewelry can kill germs, fungus and bacteria. Some scientists have developed nano-silver which is even more effective at blasting away germs. Learn all about here at Coma Niddy University! [Source: Coma Niddy]
Professor Neil Shubin talks about the discovery of Tiktaalik and one of the greatest evolutionary events in Earth’s history: when the very first fish ventured out onto land. [Source: TheRoyalInstitution | Via IHC]
Eruptive events on the sun can be wildly different. Some come just with a solar flare, some with an additional ejection of solar material called a coronal mass ejection (CME), and some with complex moving structures in association with changes in magnetic field lines that loop up into the sun’s atmosphere, the corona. On July […]
Listen as Astrophysicist Neil Degrasse Tyson explains what can be done to protect Earth from an impact with a giant killer asteroid. [Via IHC]
No, but seriously geeks, is there anything this guy can’t do? I mean, it seems like he’s EVERYWHERE these days: Chatting with Captain Kirk on Twitter, answering questions on Reddit, singing along with the Barenaked Ladies, teaching people how astronauts cook, crap, wash and even clip their nails in space. Now what’s next Chris? How […]
Exciting isn’t it? :) This movie is composed of 73 radar images looped 9 times. Image resolution is at 4 meters per pixel. Radar observations of asteroid 2012 DA14 generated from data obtained by NASA’s Goldstone Solar System Radar on Feb. 15-16, 2013. During the observations, the space rock’s distance increased from 74,000 to 195,000 […]
The Folding Egg activity is actually an extension of the classic Rubber Egg experiment with a really fun twist. Just imagine the look on your friends’ faces when you show them an egg and then proceed to fold it in half several times until it forms a small white ball! Wait… it gets better. Just […]