Child’s letter to Institute of Physics regarding the “Large Hardon Collider”
The most cute and hilarious thing I’ve seen this week: Thanks for the good laugh David! [Via TwitPic]
Category Archives: Science
Awesome New Geeks are Sexy T-Shirts!
Hey Everyone! Just a quick post to let you guys know about our new AWESOME t-shirts! The first idea comes from the mind of Jöshua, who won one of the prizes in the “design a t-shirt” contest we held a few months ago. The shirt was inspired by Newton’s second law of motion (F = […]
Could this Laser Zap Malaria? [Video]
Nathan Myhrvold and team’s latest inventions — as brilliant as they are bold — remind us that the world needs wild creativity to tackle big problems like malaria. And just as that idea sinks in, he rolls out a live demo of a new, mosquito-zapping gizmo you have to see to believe.
Glowing Life in an Underwater World
Some 80 to 90 percent of undersea creatures make light — and we know very little about how or why. In the following video, bioluminescence expert Edith Widder explores this glowing, sparkling, luminous world, sharing glorious images and insight into the unseen depths (and brights) of the ocean.
Illusion of the Year
This cardboard sculpture by Koukichi Sugihara of the Meiji Institute for Advanced Study of Mathematical Sciences in Japan won the first prize at the 2010 Illusion of the Year competition. The illusion shown is all the more remarkable in that it is a solid object whereas most entries were computer-generated. See the top ten finalists […]
The Geek Alphabet: From “Away Team” to “Zork”
As a geek, you definitely know your ABCs, but do you know these? From A to Z, “away team” to “zork,” here is [GAS]’s take on the Geek Alphabet. Please note that all pictures featured below were licensed under a “CC” license. We’ve sourced them all at the bottom of this post. All images used […]
James Randi’s fiery takedown of psychic fraud
Legendary skeptic James Randi takes a fatal dose of homeopathic sleeping pills onstage, kicking off a searing 18-minute indictment of irrational beliefs. He throws out a challenge to the world’s psychics: Prove what you do is real, and I’ll give you a million dollars. (No takers yet.)
Five Geeky Things You Should Learn or Do This Summer
Summer is coming, and for many that means breaks, vacations, and general lulls in our lives (well, those of us without kids, and full-time jobs). Even if you don’t have a ton of free time this summer, I think there’s just something about the season that speaks to casual learning. The weather’s great, the trees […]