How Much Does the Internet Weigh? [Video]
Did you know that the Internet (apparently) weighs about 50 grams? I didn’t! [vsauce]
Did you know that the Internet (apparently) weighs about 50 grams? I didn’t! [vsauce]
It was just over two centuries ago that the global population was 1 billion — in 1804. But better medicine and improved agriculture resulted in higher life expectancy for children, dramatically increasing the world population, especially in the West. As higher standards of living and better health care are reaching more parts of the world, […]
Science would have been much more interesting in high school with a guy like this in front of the class. Needless to say but just in case: Don’t try this at home!!! :) [Youtube]
What would happen if we could generate power from our windowpanes? In this moving talk, entrepreneur Justin Hall-Tipping shows the materials that could make that possible, and how questioning our notion of ‘normal’ can lead to extraordinary breakthroughs. [Youtube]
The largest single cell in the human body is the egg, which is roughly the size of the period at the end of this sentence. That’s not unusual–in even the most basic biology class, students learn that individual cells are tiny little things, viewable only under high magnification. But xenophyophores break the rules a bit. […]
Scientists at the Université Paris Diderot have created a hoverboard, that you can stand on and ride. I am so jealous. I want this for me. They need to make one that can go on water though, even if you don’t have power.
For your daily “why we are all going to die” news, we have this story from the ’90s, in which a young boy, attempting to earn a Boy Scout badge, becomes an irradiated, tentacled monster. The last part is false, but if this kid isn’t a supervillain by now, we’ve all been lied to. How […]
For those who’ve always wondered why people actually dream, this interesting video by the people at vsauce will teach you everything there is to know about this natural phenomenon of the sleeping process. Enjoy! Good general sleep info: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sleep Sleep facts: http://www.abc.net.au/science/sleep/facts.htm REM sleep: http://www.why-we-dream.com/remstate.htm Old video about REM sleep: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzoU0_sgip4 More info on Lucid Dreaming: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ASf55cov5F8 Incredible documentary on […]