You might be under the mind control of parasites from your cat’s poop. Like, WHOA.
February 9, 2012
How Your Cat Is Making You Crazy
February 3, 2012
Chaos and geomagnetic reversals - a simulation of a model of the earth’s magnetic pole reversals over long periods of time (via Art of Science 2011 Gallery)
December 6, 2011
"The results from our data reveal that a large majority of students (78%) considered astrology “very” or “sort of” scientific. Only 52% of science majors said that astrology is “not at all” scientific."
November 21, 2011
Magenta doesn’t exist as natural light - it doesn’t have a single wavelength. It’s a mass delusion that our brains invent to make believe that there’s a continuum of color between blue and red. Also: purple, lavender, and brown.
July 29, 2011
Scientific evidence for health supplements (I’m taking probiotics, fish oil, and vitamin D - nice to see that they all have some good evidence)
April 25, 2011
Genetic artist makes a “plantimal” by putting his own genes into a petunia to make “blood veins” in the petals.
March 10, 2011
February 24, 2011
DIY Cymatics - Sound wave patterns in water and non-newtonian fluid
I love the corn starch + water non-newtonian fluid trick and I love interesting uses of water vibration patterns. The combination is mind-blowing. Here are a few more examples. Even just water vibrations can be beautiful.
I haven’t loved fluid this much since the ferromagnetic fluid sculpture.
Actually, it’s not just fluid that’s interesting - salt on a flat vibrating surface makes a series of incredibly interesting patterns as you increase the frequency.
Oh, and the classic water-walking video got a treatment from mythbusters.
January 1, 2011
December 16, 2010
In other microwave news, this video let’s you see the pattern of microwave radiation.
December 10, 2010
October 10, 2010
"The difference between a bad dancer and good dancer comes down to the neck, torso, and right knee. Women tend to be drawn to men who move their upper bodies, use a lot of space, and vary their movements."
September 20, 2010
August 22, 2010
Radiolab » Words
Very fascinating podcast on language and thought, and some of the latest discoveries about them.
August 7, 2010
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