Tag: Science
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Christian Pastor Knows Exactly Why Those Tornadoes Devastated Indiana
“If enough people were praying [God] would’ve intervened, you could pray, Jesus stilled the storm, you can still storms” via Christian Pastor Knows Exactly Why…
The Most Astounding Fact (Neil DeGrasse Tyson)
Our most precious gift is knowledge itself. Neil DeGrasse Tyson is a personal hero of mine, it’s on the same level as Sagan was.
Lego model of ISS created while onboard the real thing
Lego bricks are beloved all the world over — now they have made it into orbit as part of a joint NASA-Lego educational project. The…
Schrödinger’s Cat Executive Decision Maker
They pay you big bucks to make tough choices Slide open the window to observe the cat After a time of flux, the cat will…
Stuntman plans dive from outer space to break sound barrier
The project is called Red Bull Stratos and features Austrian stuntman Felix Baumgartner, who will jump from 120,000 feet, or roughly 23 miles above the…
Bubble Tank
Made from premium glass, handblown and slumped by a master glassblower each tank has it’s own unique form and individual characteristics Something to tease your…
Sulfer Hexafluoride
hard to tell if this is really an effect of the gas or just some clever audio dubbing…
Amazing Time-Lapse Video Takes Fascinating Look at Very Large Array Radiotelescope
Signal To Noise from Douglas Koke on Vimeo. Time-lapse footage taken at the Very Large Array (VLA) in Socorro, New Mexico; one of the largest…
Russian Scientists Close To Hitting Lake Vostok
“If it goes well, a breakthrough opens up a whole new chapter in our understanding of our planet and possibly moons in our solar system…
Darwin Day Flyer template by GeneticMishap on deviantART
Darwin Day is Feb 12! This is a customizable Darwin Day flyer for free use by freethought, science and student groups. via Darwin Day Flyer…
Carving a Pumpkin with explosives
Faster Than Light? Not Quite!
the GPS satellites used to measure the departure and arrival times of the racing neutrinos were themselves subject to Einsteinian effects, because they were in…
NASA finds DNA components in meteorites, says they originated in space
scientists at NASA have uncovered new evidence that DNA components found in meteorites can originate in space, lending new credence to the theory that life…
New drug could cure nearly any viral infection
Most bacterial infections can be treated with antibiotics such as penicillin, discovered decades ago. However, such drugs are useless against viral infections, including influenza, the…
What to expect when a solar storm hits Earth tomorrow
Weak power grid fluctuations that you probably won’t notice Minor impacts on satellite operations High frequency radio transmissions going over the pole may get lost…
Edible RFID tags track your food from beginning to end
Keeping track of everything we eat would be a great idea, and I’m sure we’d learn all kinds of things we don’t really want to…
Habitable exoplanet confirmed?
French scientists have confirmed with computer models that Gliese 581d, a planet orbiting a red dwarf star about 20 light years from here, has a…
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