Let’s end the week on a calming note. This time-lapse of the night sky is simply gorgeous, and guaranteed to fill you with at least a little wonder and awe for the universe. I recommend clicking the fullscreen button and turning up the volume. Something tells me Sagan would’ve watched it that way. You can […]
As a kid who read an illustrated encyclopedia just for kicks, I’m always happy to hear that a similar pastime was enjoyed by some of history’s most celebrated thinkers. I wouldn’t put myself on par with Feynman, we did both share of love of reading something probably not meant for browsing in our idle hours. […]
In space, no one can hear you scream. Likewise, no one can hear the rapid incineration of meteors as they enter the atmosphere… until now. What you hear in the video below is actually a translation of radar waves bouncing off of a meteor during last month’s Perseid shower. The U.S. Air Force Space Surveillance […]
In the following video, Neil deGrasse Tyson recounts the story of his first meeting with Carl Sagan. [Youtube]
Visualization of the dark matter in 1/1000 of the gigantic Bolshoi cosmological simulation, zooming in on a region centered on the dark matter halo of a very large cluster of galaxies. Visualized by Chris Henze, NASA Ames Research Center. This visualization was narrated in the National Geographic TV special “Inside the Milky Way”. It was used with the piece “Dark […]
To highlight some of the critical work being done at the Goodman Cancer Research Centre, we gathered some of our top scientists, students, lab techs and dedicated volunteers, who turned on the music – and danced! Thanks to our proud sponsor, Medicom, a donation will be made for each hit to support advances in cancer […]
When it’s a land-based hovercraft, of course! Princeton PhD student Noah Jafferis had originally planned to carry out his study project on the technology of printing electronic circuits. However, he changed his mind after reading a 2007 paper on the “Settling and Swimming of Flexible Fluid-Lubricated Foils” that, in the words of its authors, allowed […]
Whether you know next to nothing about DNA or if you’re just in need of a little brush-up, this video can help you out. If you’re really lost, check out A Brief Introduction to Genetics, also from David Murawsky. 18 Things You Should Know About Genetics is an animated film that presents fundamental background information about […]