Just like you can't distinguish between Homeopathy and Placebo, scientists find that Sarcasm and Conspiracy Theories may be indistinguishable. Transcript at http://skepchick.org/2015/05/no-shit-study-scientists-show-... continue reading

posted by Zawash 8 years 11 months 3 weeks ago • 7,224 views • 3:32

"... buckyballs are all around us." YouTube: In 1985, scientists discovered that 60 carbon atoms could join up to form one big soccer ball shape: a buckyball! It’s a strange little molecule.

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years ago • 24 views • 4:47

UAlberta: UAlberta research team uses MRI video to observe for the first time what happens inside joints when they crack. (Edmonton) “Pull my finger,” a phrase embraced by school-aged kids and embarrassing... continue reading

posted by Zawash 9 years 1 month ago • 408 views • 7 secs

YouTube: How do you make an archaeologist really mad, really fast? Ask her if she’s found any dinosaurs. SciShow helps you Know Your Scientists by explaining the many differences between archaeology... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 24 views • 5:05

"Apparently, your biggest enemy is not lions and tigers and bears ..." YouTube: What were the first organisms to have sex? We may never know the answer, but as Bill Nye explains in this Big Think interview,... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 1 month 2 weeks ago • 235 views • 3:58

YouTube: Some scientists say we’re in the midst of Earth’s sixth mass-extinction event, caused entirely by us. But some animals have a knack for surviving in a human-dominated world. What’s their secret?

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 3 months 4 weeks ago • 346 views • 3:51

Indeed mr Scientist.

posted by BoneRemake 9 years 5 months ago • 45 views • 52:27

YouTube: Some of humanity’s favorite antibiotics are starting to lose their mojo, in the face of smart, sneaky, and rapidly-evolving bacteria. To find new drugs to combat these superbugs, scientists... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 9 years 5 months 4 weeks ago • 52 views • 8:33

Published on Sep 3, 2014 Superclusters – regions of space that are densely packed with galaxies – are the biggest structures in the Universe. But scientists have struggled to define exactly where... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 9 years 8 months 2 weeks ago • 1,308 views • 4:11

"A meteor weighing 10,000 metric tons exploded only 23km above the city of Chelyabinsk in Russia on February 15, 2013. Unlike previous such events, this time scientists had the highly sensitive OMPS instrument... continue reading

posted by ant 1 decade 9 months ago • 264 views • 3:51

"What do Jesuit priests, gin and tonics, and ancient Chinese scrolls have in common? They all show up in our animated history of malaria. It's a story of geopolitical struggles, traditional medicine,... continue reading

posted by Warren E. Hale (MrFisk) 1 decade 10 months 3 weeks ago • 390 views • 2:36

Researchers from The University of Nottingham have demonstrated how a species of flatworm overcomes the ageing process to be potentially immortal. The discovery, published in the Proceedings of the... continue reading

posted by Kulpims T'dna (kulpims) 1 decade 1 year 10 months 3 weeks ago • 985 views • 14:47

Charles Darwin is the favourite scientist of Chris Smillie, a senior lecturer in Ecology and Environmental Management at Nottingham Trent University

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 1 month 4 weeks ago • 1,027 views • 4:06

Per yt : Even the greatest of scientists were once little boys and girls. Here we look at childhood creation of the mighty Ernest Rutherford - whose was interested in mashing potatoes long before he... continue reading

posted by BoneRemake 1 decade 2 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 977 views • 2:43

Sixty Symbols looks into recent announcement that some scientist think they may have detected neutrinos going faster than the speed of light.

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 2 years 7 months 3 weeks ago • 1,732 views • 9:38

YT: "Tidal forces don't just affect the ocean... They can affect entire galaxies." Also, tempting for a *cute for the lovely scientist.

Sixty Symbols explains how scientists can create toggle switches made from just two atoms. Best YT comment: Archimedes shouted "Eureka!" Prof Moriarty shouted "Yes! Flipped. F**k!"

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 2 months 1 week ago • 1,457 views • 4:58

The scientists of Sixty Symbols discuss the four fundamental forces - gravity, electromagnetic, weak and strong - for Valentine's Day.

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 3 months ago • 1,697 views • 8:17

Responding to more viewer questions, the Sixty Symbols experts reveal their scientific heroes.

posted by Skeeve 1 decade 3 years 3 months 2 weeks ago • 1,466 views • 4:07

Thomas Young is best known to us today for the double slit experiment that showed light behaves like a wave. He also did some important, if a bit "was he insane?!" experiments about how the eye works... ... continue reading

posted by RFlagg 1 decade 3 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 1,876 views • 6:23