To Be A Naturalist With Crazy Artistic Skills
The photos below are reminiscent of an earlier time. A time when the low hanging fruit of biological description meant …
Category Archives: Science Photos
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 …
The Last Thing the Squirrel Saw
This post originally appeared on Scientific American We have to assume it was a squirrel, but we know how it …
Bill Nye capturing the essence of how I think about science
Short, funny, and sweet: [Via The Heterogenous Ramblings of a mad Scientist]
“The Unbelievable Time Required to Cover Immense Distances of Space”-1918
Check out this awesome bit of science communication from 1918: And the only thing cooler than how they thought spaceships …
Another reason not to trust what you think you see
To skip over quite a bit of philosophy, I accept that there is a real, physical reality out there. It …
It’s ridiculous if we are the visitors
Let’s put ourselves in the position that we so often put the fabled alien visitors that the more credulous among …
If we can dismiss this, why not other creation myths?
Have a good laugh at the comic below exploring the differing worldviews of science and the ancient Nordic religion. After …
A Dull, Cold, Scientific World
That should do for just about anyone, I suspect. I find similar passion in a “dull, cold, scientific world.” You …
This is What Evolution Is {Image}
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Environmental Decision Making (The Way It Really Is)
Neil Tyson on Life {Image}
Sometimes that’s all you need.
The ways machines can kill you
Machines are dangerous. So dangerous in fact that the first thing a potentially mind-altering medication will tell you is to …
Some Turtles Are Terrifying
The leatherback sea turtle is the largest turtle, and the third largest living reptile, in the world. It’s a docile …
The Periodic Table of Irrational Nonsense {Image}
It’s basically a huge list of pseudoscience, bunk, nonsense, and bullshit, all organized by the level of inanity offered by …
Cutest reptile ever? {Image}
Discovered on a small islet just off Madagascar, this tiny reptile is one of a new species called Brookesia micra. …
The Crackpot Scorecard {Image}
I imagine that this scorecard would eliminate most self-help books and “secret healing” guides. [Via Calamities of Nature]
I really wish scientists talked like this {Image}
I agree, let’s let science handle it.
Our president has the right priorities
President Obama shakes hands with Bill Nye “The Science Guy” at the annual White House Science Fair, where student finalists …
Melt your brain with this amazing optical illusion {Image}
Stare at the colored dots on the girl’s nose in the photo above for 30 seconds. Then look at a …
