Immovable Object vs. Unstoppable Force
What happens if an immovable object meets an unstoppable force? [Via youtube]
Category: Science
Structural Colour
Scientists are being inspired by nature to design the next generation of security devices. Arrays of nanoscale holes create beautiful reflected colours that are almost impossible to forge. [Via veritasium]
What’s Language Got to Do With It?
University of Melbourne graduate student Sara Ciesielski explains how children growing up in the Sherpa culture learn a lot more than words from their elders. [via geeksaresexy]
Science of the Friend Zone
Ever expressed feelings for someone and had them reply by saying they’d rather be “just friends?” VSauce examines the science of the “Friend Zone.” [Via YouTube]
We were all female
Dear Gentlemen, science has a confession. You were once…a female – which helps to explain where your nipples came from. Watch and learn. [Via youtube]
Why We Know the Earth is Round
Youtuber minutephysics gives a top 10 reasons why we know the earth is round. [Via Youtube]
ISS Timelapse: Further Up Yonder
Italian filmmaker Giacomo Sardelli has collected messages from astronauts on the International Space Station and created this short-film that he calls “Further Up Yonder.” Messages that might be accompanied by perspective on things. [Via...
The Power of Outrospection
Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. [Via RSA Animate]
The Longest Word in English
The Longest Word in the World (Chemical name of titin) – 189,819 letters: Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine – see here: http://pastebin.com/wkKH8xD8 [Via geeksaresexy]
Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper
Timothy Weninger saved several versions while writing a paper submitted to the computer science conference, “World Wide Web.” This resulted in 463 intermediate versions of the paper. He stitched all of the versions together...
