Science on the Vine: Colds and Acceleration
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If You Shoot For The Moon and Miss…
Science, the great realizer, can’t help but bleed into inspirational quotes. So I made this: The nearest star to the …
Science in Aggregate Week: 14
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …
The Snake Bite That Turns You Into A Jello Mold
The Russell’s Viper is one of the deadliest snakes in all of Asia because it can give your blood the …
Could You Actually Build BioShock Infinite’s Floating City in Real Life?
In my first for io9, I take a look at what you would need to actually float a city, as …
Teaching Chemistry With Homeopathy
This post was originally published on Randi.org As much as it riles up proponents of science-based medicine like myself, homeopathy …
The Plane That Shot Itself Down
On September 21, 1956 Grumman test pilot Tom Attridge was shot out of the sky. Bullets ripping through metal and …
The Beatles Were More Popular Than Jesus For One Week In 1966
Let’s get the clichés out of the way: The Beatles are probably the best band of all time, and the …
Science in Aggregate: Week 13
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …
The Komodo Dead: What Really Kills in The Walking Dead
This post originally appeared on Scientific American You don’t need a gun. You don’t need a knife or a machete …
Melting Metal With Magnets!
I’d like to think that the video below is a result of geeky experimentation. “Let’s suspend a chunk of metal …
First Contact: Don’t F**k This Up For Us
Chances are, if you meet an alien, it will look nothing like you. It won’t understand you, and you won’t …
A Night of Walking Dead Nerdery
AMC’s The Walking Dead is shambling to a close, but that doesn’t mean that we still can’t take some time …
Science in Aggregate: Week 12
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …
Why Can Hitting A Bird Delay A Plane For Hours?
I received a text message today from my brother, waiting to board his flight home: Flight delayed 3-4 hours because …
BREAKING: Superman Explains Why He Didn’t Destroy The Russian Meteor
This post was originally published on Scientific American FORTRESS OF SOLITUDE—After more than a month of attempts to contact the …
The Mechanics of the Pull-Up (and Why Women Can Absolutely Do Them)
This post was originally published on Scientific American As a former rock climbing instructor, I have seen many contorted struggles …
POW! Teaching Physics with Batman
As an exercise more intended to see if I still have my engineering chops, I am going to solve perhaps …
Science in Aggregate: Week 11
I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the hundreds …
Science on the Vine: Scissors, Satiation, and Sleepwalking
You can find all my other Science on the Vine videos here Ever say a word so many times that …
