Tag: science
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The Side Effects of Vaccines - How High is the Risk?
Kurzgesagt tells it like it is, with a fun clickbaity title to try to ensure that antivaxxers are more-likely to see this video than they might otherwise have.
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Mercury is the closest planet to all seven other planets
Just showing the simulation which we used to validate the Whirly Dirly Corollary. Kind of a fun fact about our Solar System and orbiting bodies in general. Check out our Physics Today article!
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Alka-Seltzer added to spherical water drop in microgravity
YouTube (youtube.com)
Plasma Ben (YouTube)
This is just...wooooah. Proper "dude, my hands are huge" grade moment, for me, when I watched the bubbles form in the droplet of water. I had an idea about what would happen, and I was partially right, but by the time we were onto the third run-through of this … -
The 500-Year-Long Science Experiment
The 500-Year-Long Science Experiment (The Atlantic) In 2014, microbiologists began a study that they hope will continue long after they’re dead. In the year 2514, some future scientist will arrive at the University of Edinburgh (assuming the university still exists), open a wooden box (assuming the box has not been lost), and break apart a …
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Elemental haiku
Chlorine
Low road or high road?
World War I. Gas in trenches.
Or salt shared, tears shed.
Science Magazine
A haiku for every element on the periodic table up to atomic weight 103, and also one for the as-yet-unsynthesised ununennium, I especially like magnesium's. -
Alpha-Gal and the Gaia Hypothesis
A tick bite can make you allergic to non-primate mammals. Gaia hypothesis advocates might suggest that the increase in frequency of such bites is an example of the Earth fighting back against intensive farming's impact on climate.
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The Case Against Quantum Computing
by Mikhail Dyakonov Quantum computing is all the rage. It seems like hardly a day goes by without some news outlet describing the extraordinary things this technology promises. Most commentators forget, or just gloss over, the fact that people have been working on quantum computing for decades—and without any practical results to show for it.
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The Scrotum Is Nuts
Why are testicles kept in a vulnerable dangling sac? It’s not why you think.
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Some of you may be thinking that there is a simple answer: temperature. This arrangement evolved to keep them cool. I thought so, too, and assumed that a quick glimpse at the scientific literature would reveal the biological reasons and I’d move … -
Einstein's theory still passes the test: weak and strong gravity objects fall the same way
AstronNL (YouTube)
Fabulous explanation of the Strong Equivalence Principle coupled with a nice bit of recent research to prove that it holds true even in extreme gravitational fields (and therefore disproving a few interesting fringe theories). It's hard science made to enjoy like pop science: yay! Plus a Hitch-Hiker's Guide to the Galaxy reference, … -
Rise Of The Mesopredator
Rise Of The Mesopredator (youtu.be)
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Science! (for toddlers)
Nobody is too young for science! Dan shares some of his toddler-friendly science activities.
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Common Map Symbols
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The Sound So Loud That It Circled the Earth Four Times
On August 27, 1883, the Earth let out a noise louder than any it has made since...
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Into the Lair of the Bladder Monster
Following his recent illness, Dan undergoes a variety of investigative procedures, including having a fibreoptic bundle inserted into bladder... via his penis!
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The Bladder Monster
Complications associated with a series of urinary tract infections cause Dan a stay in the hospital and a long battle with the bladder monster. Eww.