Conception to Birth — Visualized [Science!]

Image-maker Alexander Tsiaras shares a powerful medical visualization, showing human development from conception to birth and beyond. (Some graphic images.) [TED]



Symphony of Science #12: Onward to the Edge! [Video]

A musical celebration of the importance and inspirational qualities of space exploration (human and robotic), as well as a look at some of the amazing worlds in our solar system. Featuring Neil deGrasse Tyson, Brian Cox, and Carolyn Porco. “Onward to the Edge” is the 12th installment in the Symphony of Science series. [Symphony of […]

Red Angry Bird Reaches Orbit Aboard the Soyuz TMA-22 spacecraft [Video]

Those darn angry birds are really everywhere these days! [Via [H]]



A Time Lapse View from Space [Video]

Check out these time lapse sequences of photographs taken with a special low-light 4K-camera by the crew of expedition 28 & 29 onboard the International Space Station from August to October, 2011. [Vimeo]

Time To Study the Earth’s Core

Ever wonder what’s at the core of the Earth? Of course not.  We all know it’s carnivorous twenty foot magma worms.  That’s why we stay away.  That is, until a bunch of smarty-pants scientists decided to doom us all.  They’re going to study the Earth’s core.  How do they manage this, you ask? At the […]

Wear More Clothes to Seem Smarter

Ah, winter.  It’s coming!  It’s my favorite time of the year.  I love the snow and the cold.  Call me crazy.  But, women also seem sexier to me this time of year.  It’s strange.  When summer rolls around there’s that initial sense of youth with all that exposed skin, but during winter, when women (or […]

5 Cognitive Biases That Prove Your Brain Hates Science

Gamma Squad has a fantastic article up explaining exactly why your brain hates and refuses to be wrong. Everybody hates being wrong.  I turn red when I am.  But I try so hard to admit it.  But now I’m thinking, maybe I don’t!  Maybe I am wrong about everything!  Articles like this, that cause introspection, […]