Category Archives: Science



Scientist nose why mammal have big brains

It’s long been known that mammals have proportionally big brains in comparison to other creatures. Now new scanning technology suggests it may be linked to the sense of smell. A research project led by Professor Timothy Rowe of the University of Texas at Austin involved scanning the fossilised skulls of two of the earliest known […]



Required Viewing for All Parents: How to get YOUR kids excited about science [Video]

In the following video, American astrophysicist Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson shares his thoughts about raising curious, scientifically minded kids. Check it out: [The Parent Show]

Review: Uncaged Monkeys

Last night I sat among a sell-out crowd of around 2,000 people who had each paid £25 (approx US$40) to see a group of people talk about science. Welcome to the world of Uncaged Monkeys. This was formally a live touring version of the BBC Radio 4 (and podcast) show Infinite Monkey Cage in which […]

Hypnotic Pendulum Waves

Check out this mesmerizing video showing a series of pendulums slowly moving in and out of sync in an hypnotic pattern. [Via Kottke]

Car Manufacturer Has a Dandy of an Idea

Ford is working with Ohio State University to attempt to make car tyres out of dandelions from the land of Borat. It’s not quite as crazy as it might seem. The work involves a specific species named Taraxacum kok-saghyz, better known as TKS or Russian Dandelion. (It’s native to the land that now makes up […]

NASA plays Mythbusters: Einstein’s General Theory of Relativity? CONFIRMED

When Einstein published his General Theory Of Relativity in 1916, there were a few minor technical issues with checking that his ideas about the effects of gravity upon spacetime were accuratel. Chief among them was that man was still four decades from getting an object into orbit. Now, though, NASA has announced the results of […]