Published by JazJaz January 21st, 2010 in Science. For thousands of years, people have wondered how the builders of Stonehenge were able to maneuver and place the massive rocks into position.
Wally Wallington, a retired construction worker from Michigan, may have just (singlehandedly) found the answer.
You can get more information at his official site.
Published by Daniel October 26th, 2009 in Science and Technology. Vladimir Bulovic, a professor at MIT, gives us a simple demonstration of how OLEDs work. By running an electrical current through an ordinary pickle!
Published by Daniel June 29th, 2009 in Science. “Gimme a Hug”, a documentary by the Protect The Sharks Foundation, won the Palm De Bronze at the 35th Mondial De L’image Sous-Marine film festival in Antibes, France.
The documentary shows sharks exhibiting some markedly unexpected behavior, quite contrary to their image as blood thirsty, mindless killing machines.
You can order the documentary here.
[via The Presurfer]
Published by Daniel June 23rd, 2009 in Science. Michael Shermer, editor of "Skeptic Magazine," brilliantly reimagines the science of creation, as seen through the lens of “Intelligent Design”.
To convey the logical absurdity of trying to squeeze the round peg of science into the square hole of religion, I penned the following scientific revision of the Genesis creation story. It is not intended as [...]
Published by Daniel April 28th, 2009 in Science. The coolest science video of the week.
What would happen if you dropped a magnet through a copper tube?
There are no special effects involved, nor is it a visual trick. The phenomenon can be explained by Lenz’s law, formulated by Russian physicist Heinrich Lenz in 1834. Here is a slightly longer video of the same [...]
Published by Daniel April 14th, 2009 in Science. Coolest science video I’ve seen in a while.
I now have a new found respect for cuttlefish, the lesser-known cousins of octopuses/octopi.
[via Pharyngula]
Published by Daniel November 5th, 2008 in Science. The smooth nylon shrimp (Heterocarpus Laevigatus) employs a particularly efficient chemical defense mechanism to survive in the harsh depths of the Pacific ocean. The shrimp temporarily disorients would-be-predators by discharging a large quantity of bioluminescent liquid from its mouth.
[via the ever-interesing Pink Tentacle blog]