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First Contact
I have recently written about how science estimates the probability of alien life. Let’s say that all of the obstacles …Continue reading »
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Snowflakes are as Beautiful Up-close as You Think
The beauty of nature is its complexity and diversity. Especially in animals and plants, but also in that which the …Continue reading »
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Exploring the “G-Force”: Why Woodpeckers Don’t Get Concussions
The “G-force” as it is called, determines the force imparted to objects, depending on the available gravity. You may have …Continue reading »
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Are Airport Body Scanners Safe?
There is much fear-mongering about radiation these days; the damaged Japanese reactor affecting the US, the safety of nuclear power, …Continue reading »
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Radiation Visualized
Did you read my last post about airport body scanners and still were confused about the amount of radiation that …Continue reading »
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This is What the Sun Looks Like
The Sun is awesome, and it makes life possible. Ever wanted to see what it actually looks like? Your welcome. …Continue reading »
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Why Airport Body Scanners are Still Safe
In this post I have stumbled across a handy-dandy tool from the: FEDERAL AVIATION ADMINISTRATION OFFICE OF AEROSPACE MEDICINE CIVIL …Continue reading »
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Free Fall on the Moon
Ah Science, it works everywhere. Galileo can make predictions about objects falling in a (near) vacuum under a gravitational field …Continue reading »
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Exposing the Power Balance Con
Where We Stand Even though the purveyors of Power Balance bracelets have already admitted that there is no scientific basis …Continue reading »
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Cell Phones (Still) Do Not Cause Cancer
Here we are again going back and forth on whether or not cell phones cause brain cancer. Even though basic …Continue reading »
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What I learned from Victor Stenger’s book, “God: The Failed Hypothesis”
If you are looking for a solid treatment of theism by science, Stenger’s book is a great place to start. …Continue reading »
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Quantum Levitation in Action
It sounds like pseudoscience, but it actually is an astonishing phenomena captured by Tel-Aviv University. Watch the video below, then …Continue reading »
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What would happen if you stuck your head in a particle accelerator?
Enter Anatoli Bugorski… As a researcher at the Institute for High Energy Physics in Protvino, Bugorski used to work with …Continue reading »
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With a Cloud Chamber, You Can See Radiation Happening {w/ Video}
I believe that at least one of the reasons why radiation is so scary is that it is invisible (and …Continue reading »
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Stars died so that you could live
Ever wonder where everything that makes you who you are came from? Obviously from your parents, but where did they …Continue reading »
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Why do nuclear reactors glow?
You have seen the image in movies and TV, but it is not a case of fancy editing. Nuclear reactors …Continue reading »
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Spend a mintue to (bascially) understand special relativity {Video}
Spend another minute with the wizards of concise science, Minute Physics: More information on Einstein’s theory of special relativity here. …Continue reading »
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Explaining Every Force in Physics With Sheep and Canada
The wizards over at Minute Physics have done it again. They have managed to describe the workings of every fundamental …Continue reading »
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It’s not the fall that kills you…
Or, said a bit more in line with physics: It says: It’s not the Vf=Vi+at that kills you, it’s the …Continue reading »
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Derive Time Dilation Yourself, Feel Like a Genius
Relativity is mind-bending. Rightly so, Einstein and his equations represent some of the most amazing advances in modern physics. But …Continue reading »
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