The “Have to Pee” versus “Have to Sneeze” Graph.
Via Imgur.
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May 8, 2012
A is for Astronaut, C is for Chemist
Only the letters A, B, and C have been released at the Tiny Alphabet site, but so far, two science-y ones out of three isn’t bad.
By Tini Malitius.
May 8, 2012
Neil deGrasse Tyson quote (in graphic novel form)
By Gavin Aung Than at Zen Pencils.
May 7, 2012
Incredibly clever photo of a light bulb (sort of)
This one would make an awesome slide when talking about energy generally.
By Brock Davis, via Colossal.
May 7, 2012
This space video is beautiful to watch but also makes me feeling very very small. Stunning mix of Cassini and Voyager footage.
I suggest watching this in HD, on a large screen, and preferably in the dark.
The footage in this video is derived from image sequences from NASA’s Cassini and Voyager missions. I downloaden a large amount of raw images to create the video.
Mixed by Sander van den Berg.
May 7, 2012
Botanicula! Amazing looking video game where the protagonist look like fungi.
Check out the website here.
May 7, 2012
Short lived American bank notes from 1896 depict “Electricity” as a child and then as a pretty awe inspiring adult.
Plus, “Science” makes an appearance! From the Futility Closet.
On the $2 note, Science presents Steam and Electricity (as children) to Commerce and Manufacture. The reverse bears portraits of Robert Fulton and Samuel Morse.
The almost impossibly glorious $5 note depicts Electricity Presenting Light to the World. She is flanked by Strength, Fame, and Peace. The New York Times wrote, “The arrangement of this composition, the grace of pose in each figure, and the idea connected with the designs of this artist entitle it to a place beside the finest allegorical designs in the world.”
Unfortunately, the Treasury got a new secretary the following year, one who favored simple, clear designs, and he canceled more than $54 million in certificates as they came into the Treasury. “It can be said authoritatively … that no more of the so-called ‘new certificates’ will be printed,” the Times reported sadly in May 1897. “Neither will fresco painters be called in to make designs for the substitutes.”
May 7, 2012
Piñata Anatomy: In which we learn that twizzlers make an excellent stand-in for muscle tissue.
Makes the concept of dissection a little disconcerting (as in, let’s open it up by beating the crap out of it).
By the Carmichael Collective, via Colossal.
May 6, 2012
In a word: “Whoa…” Augmented Reality Sandbox
This is seriously amazing. I want boardgames with this feature!
Via Colossal.
May 6, 2012
Got Chemistry?
By Lea G. and available at Etsy.
May 4, 2012
The physics of the Hulk’s jump.
With lots of great discussion like the below:
While I am talking about mass, there is something that always bothered me. Bruce Banner is a pretty normal-looking human, right? But then he turns into The Hulk (I guess The is his first name since it is always capitalized). So, if he goes from 70 kilograms as a human to almost 300 kg as The Hulk, where does the extra mass come from? What if this is conversion of energy to mass from Einstein’s E = mc2? This would take 2.7 x 1019 Joules of energy. Where does that come from? The total power output from the Sun is about 4 x 1026 Watts. However, only about 1.7 x 1017 Watts hits the Earth. If The Hulk used ALL of this solar energy, it would take over two and a half minutes in order to capture enough energy to “transform.” I guess this could be the “getting angry time.”
Read the whole thing at Dot Physics.
May 4, 2012
Challenge extended! Can you write something (on the topic of the scientific method) that is interesting to read?
It’s unfortunate, but talking about the scientific method is one of those things that can elicit the “glazed over” look instantly. Which is really too bad, since the scientific method, or scientific process (how ever you want to call it) is very very very important. More so, since it is often misunderstood.
So, how to make it engaging to read? Well, here is my attempt: this is essentially a 3rd draft edit of my first five sciencegeek fundamental essays (now labeled as sections).
Together, it has the longest title ever (I think) for a treatment on the scientific method. I’ve called it:
“A TANGENTIAL SCIENTIFIC METHOD:
ON THE NATURE OF SCIENCE WITH REFERENCES TO CHEWBACCA, STORK EATING ALIENS, A FEW STEVES, ONE INSTANCE OF THE WORD “FUCK,” AND (QUITE POSSIBLY) TWO VERY LARGE CHILDREN.”
Please take a peek, and let me know what you think. I’m guessing it’s not for everyone, but it was definitely fun to write. It would be great to hear what I can do to make it better. I’d like to keep working at this until I hit that ever elusive sweet spot.
Available as a print friendly low res pdf or high res pdf, or start here for web reading.
May 4, 2012
The Chewbacca Card: Or how a Wookie might fit in a biodiversity game. #starwarsday
So awesome…
This here being the one fictional Phylomon card in the deck. Go here to see it or print it out.
May 3, 2012
WANT! The atom ukulele.
I think this is making me freak out a little…
The Atom Ukulele, By Paul Celentano and available for purchase here.
May 2, 2012
My business card is actually a microscope slide. #geekcool
This is very cool.
To promote their viral marketing efforts, Italian advertising agency Enfants Terribles (aka Ebolaindustries) created these microscope slide business cards. Ebolaindustries employees operate under pseudonyms, but their real names are printed on the slides in 1.6 point type—so small the names can only be read with a microscope.
By Enfant Terribles, via Laughing Squid.
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