YouTube description: Duh, except for the sky… and the ocean… Among living things, the color blue is oddly rare. Blue rocks, blue sky, blue water, sure. But blue animals? They are few and far... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 6 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 606 views • 8:27

YouTube description: Frances Glessner Lee created dollhouses with dead dolls. In this episode of Vox Almanac, Vox's Phil Edwards explains why. Frances Glessner Lee's "Nutshell Studies of Unexplained... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 717 views • 8:16

YouTube description: Our image of dinosaurs has been constantly changing since naturalists started studying them about 350 years ago. Taken together, these pictures can tell us a whole lot about just... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months ago • 1,293 views • 12:21

https://youtu.be/mbKAwk-OG_w Who knew there was so much science in a bowl of cereal? Ever notice how cereal clumps up in your bowl, or how cereal sticks to the edges of the bowl? Bubbles in beverages... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,107 views • 5:36

YouTube description: This is how we go from single cells to people. EVO-DEVO Huxley B. Mac. Oh Carroll, Carroll Gould, Stephen Jay yeah D-D-D-D-Davidson and Peter See One cell divide and... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 923 views • 4:46

Mutiny on the SS Global Warming, Perpetrated by the Top Ranked "Sailors on that vessel"

posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months 1 week ago • 65 views • 5:01

Last year LIGO announced the detection of gravitational waves from the merger of two black holes. The science world went a little crazy. Only a few weeks ago a new rumour emerged: that LIGO had, for the... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 152 views • 15:51

"... Deconstructed". "Deep sea creatures look so..... odd? But why? ..."

posted by ant 7 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 26 views • 6:37

YT: A total eclipse of the sun is an awe-inspiring sight, but throughout history it has also inspired scientific research. Studying eclipses has led to discoveries about the composition of the sun, the... continue reading

posted by Fantomas 7 years 4 months 2 weeks ago • 46 views • 4:29

YouTube description: They may look serene as they glide across the surface of a stream, but don't be fooled by water striders. They're actually searching for prey for whom a babbling brook quickly becomes... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months ago • 358 views • 3:34

YouTube description: There’s an invisible line between two groups of islands in the Indian Ocean with two totally different animal populations. It took three branches of science to figure out why it exists. ... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 5 months 1 week ago • 578 views • 4:53

There's an MRI scanner in Cardiff that can look at how the brain's wired up: your connectome. It's nowhere close to science fiction singularity brain-uploading, but it might well be part of unlocking new... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 312 views • 3:29

Let's say you're traveling at 17,500 miles per hour (28,000 km/h) in low earth orbit, your main engines are out of fuel, and it's your job to guide the spaceship through a fiery re-entry without burning... continue reading

posted by Ashenkase 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 114 views • 17:49

YouTube: Over 100,000 metric tons of caffeine are consumed around the world every year. That’s equivalent to the weight of 14 Eiffel Towers! Caffeine helps us feel alert, focused, and energetic, even... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 5 months 2 weeks ago • 659 views • 5:15