Everyone Loves a Good Math Joke [Comic]
For those of you who don’t get it, please enlighten yourself and read this. [Source: NFC]
Category Archives: Science
Symphony of Science – A Wave of Reason
“A Wave of Reason” is the seventh installment in the Symphony of Science music video series. It is intended to promote scientific reasoning and skepticism in the face of growing amounts of pseudoscientific pursuits, such as Astrology and Homeopathy, and also to promote the scientific worldview as equally enlightening as religion. It features Carl Sagan, […]
Pentagon funds flying snakes
The United States Department of Defense has put money into airborne snake research. But sadly it doesn’t involve hiring Samuel L. Jackson to help train the Air Force against unexpected passengers. Instead the funding, which comes from the DoDs Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (which is known for backing some pretty unusual research), went to […]
One of Carl Sagan’s most pertinent messages for Humanity
“Those worlds in space are as countless as all the grains of sand on all the beaches of the Earth. Each of those worlds is as real as ours. In every one of them, there’s a succession of incidence, events, occurrences which influence its future. Countless worlds, numberless moments, an immensity of space and time. […]
Bacteria Turns Problem Solver
The E. coli bacteria doesn’t get a great press. Even though it’s often harmless, and can even be beneficial to its host, all you ever hear about it is when it causes food poisoning. That’s so unfair: what about its Sudoku skills? That may seem like the strangest introduction you’ll ever read, but it’s true: […]
Action games “improve visual attention”
Yet another study has been produced showing that video gaming has potential medical benefits. The new research, carried out at the University of Rochester, looked into gaming’s effect on the processing of visual information. In particular, it examined the ability to pick up on a specific image within all the visual detail that falls into […]
Fake Science: A Solution to Global Warming
In the same vein as the “unlimited energy” machine, here’s the best and cheapest way to fix Earth’s global warming problems. [Via 9gag]
Harry Potters Sings “The Elements” Song
Last Friday, Daniel Radcliff was on The Graham Norton Show where he sang Tom Lehrer’s uber geeky “The Elements” song. Oh, and Mr. Norton, even though you have a great show, I still say “shame on you” for using our content without crediting us. [Via]