Bill Nye Sets the Record Straight on Astrology
Bill Nye on astrology from his show the Eye of Nye. Enjoy!
Category Archives: Science
The Infinity Mirror: A great new way to get rid of your trash permanently!
The principle behind infinity mirrors is simple. Hold a small hand mirror in front of another mirror. Each mirror will reflect each other infinitely.
2 Fans, 1 Paper Airplane
“Thrust is the force that is the opposite of drag. Thrust is the push that moves something forward. For an aircraft to keep moving forward, it must have more thrust than drag. A small airplane might get its thrust from a propeller. A larger airplane might get its thrust from jet engines. A glider does […]
How to Build a Simple Perpetual Spinner
Using just a few household items and some basic science, here’s a simple way to create a cool perpetual spinner.
Five centuries of scientific breakthroughs unveiled
The nine-year-old Mozart was not, as suspected, a midget adult. This and many other fascinating revelations are uncovered in a collection of historic scientific documents unveiled by the Royal Society this week. The society, formed in London in 1660, began publishing a journal titled Philosophical Transactions five years later – a journal which remains in […]
Shuttle crew gets true Turkey surprise
The crew of the Atlantis shuttle have had a surprise turkey dinner for Thanksgiving. Some sneaky work by staff on the International Space Station made sure they were able to celebrate in traditional style despite the meat not being in the scheduled meals. Space being the one place you can’t currently find a Subway, the […]
Symphony of Science – Our Place in the Cosmos (ft. Sagan, Dawkins, Kaku, Jastrow)
“Our Place in the Cosmos”, the third video from the Symphony of Science series, was crafted using samples from Carl Sagan’s Cosmos, Richard Dawkins’ Genius of Charles Darwin series, Dawkins’ TED Talk, Stephen Hawking’s Universe series, Michio Kaku’s interview on Physics and aliens, plus added visuals from Baraka, Koyaanisqatsi, History Channel’s Universe series, and IMAX […]
Bill Nye Demonstrates Distance Between Planets
In the following video, Bill Nye demonstrates a scale model of the solar system by riding his bike across a barren plain. Richard Dawkins wrote this about our planetary system: Find a large open space, and take a soccer ball to represent the sun. Put the ball down and walk ten paces in a straight […]
A Virus Walks Into a Bar… and Other Science Jokes
In the following video, science comedian Brian Malow jokes that a virus is “the ultimate David and Goliath” when compared with humans. He then rattles off a series of hilarious science-related jokes. Enjoy! [Via BoingBoing]
Earth’s Weather as Seen from Space
NASA has just release this amazing video showing Earth’s weather from August 17 to August 26, 2009. The clip was filmed at a 7-kilometer resolution with NASA’s GEOS-5 atmospheric general circulation model. The GEOS-5 atmospheric model was developed by NASA Goddard’s scientists. It’s based on the Earth System Modeling Framework, an open source project “for […]