Science-Based Life

Science in Aggregate: Week 20

Kyle Hill — Sun, 19 May 2013 15:30:54 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

Small Study of Reflexology Finds Nothing, Headline Should Read

Kyle Hill — Thu, 16 May 2013 13:46:52 +0000

This post was originally published on Randi.org If alternative medicine wants to be taken more seriously, the studies must be …

Science in Aggregate: Week 19

Kyle Hill — Sun, 12 May 2013 15:57:54 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

A Decade of Explosions: What Mythbusters Taught Me

Kyle Hill — Thu, 09 May 2013 14:24:10 +0000

This post was originally published on Scientific American When the first episode of Mythbusters aired in 2003, I couldn’t drive …

Science in Aggregate: Week 18

Kyle Hill — Sun, 05 May 2013 15:17:34 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

How Many People Could You Kill With All the Caffeine Consumed on ‘Friends’?

Kyle Hill — Thu, 02 May 2013 15:33:43 +0000

This post was originally published on Scientific American In a cup or two a day, the caffeine in coffee tweaks …

The History of Science Fiction

Kyle Hill — Wed, 01 May 2013 21:57:27 +0000

In my daily routine of scouring the web for interesting and nerdy things, I stumbled across perhaps my new favorite …

Calculate How Much of a Spoiled 90s Kid You Were

Kyle Hill — Tue, 30 Apr 2013 14:21:33 +0000

I was born in 1989, meaning that my earliest years were filled with toys from the 90s. In fact, looking …

Science in Aggregate: Week 17

Kyle Hill — Sun, 28 Apr 2013 15:44:35 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

Could the Boston Bomber Have Fled from Infrared?

Kyle Hill — Sat, 27 Apr 2013 12:42:55 +0000

This post originally appeared on Scientific American Late last Friday a terrible week that began with the bombing of the …

The Physics of Fred Flintstone’s Flaming Feet

Kyle Hill — Thu, 25 Apr 2013 18:22:24 +0000

This post was originally published on Scientific American I hope that the father of the “modern Stone Age family” has …

The Math: What Life On Kepler-62e Would Be Like

Kyle Hill — Wed, 24 Apr 2013 14:51:55 +0000

In my latest for Popular Science, I take a look at a newly discovered exoplanet and do a little math …

Science in Aggregate: Week 16

Kyle Hill — Sun, 21 Apr 2013 16:32:23 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

Coincidences Are Meaningful, Just Not Like That

Kyle Hill — Sat, 20 Apr 2013 12:53:35 +0000

This post was originally published on Randi.org “A coincidence is like a magic trick. There is an instant tension between …

Shark Attacks in Perspective

Kyle Hill — Fri, 19 Apr 2013 18:53:58 +0000

I love comparisons and unit conversions. Most of the times they are fun. For example, if Daniel Day-Lewis touched an …

What Mushroom Clouds Can Reveal About The Waco Explosion

Kyle Hill — Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:27:07 +0000

Last night, a fertilizer plant in Waco, Texas caught fire and exploded. The energetic rupture shook the earth for miles …

The Coroner Report: Weekend at Bernie’s

Kyle Hill — Mon, 15 Apr 2013 17:27:45 +0000

This post was originally published on Scientific American Nearly 25 years after Bernie Lomax was killed, a new coroner’s report …

Science on the Vine: Antimatter Beer, Cat Purrs, Frame Rates, Climbing Friction

Kyle Hill — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:58:35 +0000

You can find all my other Science on the Vine videos here Science on the Vine: Climbing Friction vine.co/v/bFmlLWXD5hW — …

Science in Aggregate: Week 15

Kyle Hill — Sun, 14 Apr 2013 18:57:21 +0000

I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this science/pop culture goodness. You can find the thousands …

To Be A Naturalist With Crazy Artistic Skills

Kyle Hill — Sat, 13 Apr 2013 15:55:18 +0000

The photos below are reminiscent of an earlier time. A time when the low hanging fruit of biological description meant …