Here is a picture of N63A, also know as “The Firefox,” a supernova remnant of the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC), one of our galaxy’s close neighbor. Explanation: What has this supernova left behind? As little as 2,000 years ago, light from a massive stellar explosion in the Large Magellanic Cloud (LMC) first reached planet Earth. […]
The video above shows the top winner in the annual Illusion of the Year competition. It’s called the Dual Axis illusion by Frank Force. Is this shape spinning vertically or horizontally? You can’t tell, because it’s a 2D image, but your brain makes it seem one or the other, until visual cues help you change […]
Watch below as Youtuber NightHawkInLight demonstrates how a Tesla Valve works by using the combustion of propane as a visible medium. The Tesla Valve was invented by Nikola Tesla in the early 1900s to allow various fuilds or gasses to flow in one direction and not the other. [NightHawkInLight | Via BoingBoing]
Here we have a mathematical and scientific breakdown of Santa Claus’ trip around the world on Christmas Eve. It’s a good thing little kids don’t know all that much about math and physics. Yeah, it’s silly, but interesting- especially the part about the calories Santa ingests. Makes me feel as little less guilty about how […]
The Nikon Small World in Motion competition celebrates the art of microvideography, that is, bringing us the world of tiny unseen things as they move along, doing their everyday tiny things. The first place winner, shown above, was recorded by Dr. Philippe P. Laissue of the University of Essex School of Life Sciences. It shows […]
Every time an eel farts, a Christmas tree grows brighter. Well, not exactly. The sound is generated from the setup at the Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga. Any time the aquarium’s Tweeting electric eel Miguel Wattson produces an electric current, the nearby Christmas tree gets a boost that brightens the Christmas lights. The aquarium named the […]
During World War I, scientists were trying to develop an antidote to the poisonous yellow cloud known as mustard gas. They discovered the gas was irrevocably damaging the bone marrow of affected soldiers. This gave the scientists an idea: cancer cells and bone marrow both replicate rapidly. Could mustard gas be used to fight cancer? […]
Here is a visualization of what Star Trek’s warp speeds actually look like when passing through our solar system, from warp 1 to 9.9:
Ze Frank’s True Facts series normally focuses on animals, but this time he takes a left turn to a fungus, specifically the stinkhorn mushroom. Why? Because footage of stinkhorns and mushrooms in general give him the opportunity for unlimited double entendres and horrifying grossness at the same time. While this video is technically safe for […]
The biggest question of our time. Are we alone? Chapter 1 of this experience takes you to alien worlds and distant places in time and space, in search of where alien life might be hiding and what our place is within the history of life. After generations of wondering, the truth is finally within our […]