YouTube description: A simple demonstration of the learning ability of a monitor lizard. If you're curious about how they get back into the enclosure, when they need to bask to warm up again they... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years ago • 294 views • 6:27

"... Even the parts of our brains that don't control physical movement show a lot of rhythm, and that might be integral to how our brains work..."

posted by ant 7 years 2 weeks ago • 214 views • 2:55

YouTube: The merging of two neutron stars was detected by gravitational waves and then by telescopes in all parts of the electromagnetic spectrum. This is a historic detection as it demonstrates: - the... continue reading

posted by PlayhousePals 7 years 1 month 1 week ago • 1,229 views • 5:26

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 2 months 1 week ago • 152 views • 15:51

Published on Jan 5, 2017 Simon Sinek explains how the millennial generation became so entitled. A combination of failed parenting strategies, technology, impatience and environment have created a wave... continue reading

posted by bobknight33 7 years 3 months ago • 1,539 views • 12:35

Scientists have JUST published this new observation. On January 4th, 2017 they detected the merger of two black holes 3 billion light-years away. This marks the furthest detection they've been able to... continue reading

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 5 months 3 weeks ago • 508 views • 5:02

YouTube description: It's an omnipresent image that has inspired music, tattoos, and even an emoji on your phone. But Hokusai's Great Wave is a woodblock print that was made to be reproduced. What's... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 6 months 1 week ago • 645 views • 8:35

Did you know you could measure the speed of light using your microwave oven? Then you might like to know how the oven works.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 6 months 2 weeks ago • 20 views • 10:01

"If you use bricks as dominoes: you get a second wave going in the opposite direction..." From http://www.cannotunsee.net/post/158664325879/the-brick-double-domino-effect-explained-if-you ...

posted by ant 7 years 8 months ago • 613 views • 3:59

YouTube description: 1 tablespoon of olive oil destroys half an acre of waves on this lake. What The Physics?! (via digg, H/T @eric3579)... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 7 years 11 months 2 weeks ago • 618 views • 3:55

There’s one interpretation of the meaning of quantum mechanics that manages to skip a lot of the unphysical weirdness of the mainstream interpretations: it's de Broglie-Bohm pilot wave theory.

posted by Mordhaus 7 years 11 months 4 weeks ago • 23 views • 16:32

"That's Badass!" YouTube: Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how Albert Einstein correctly predicted the existence of gravitational waves.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years ago • 489 views • 2:07

Silicone oil droplets provide a physical realization of pilot wave theories. -yt

posted by eric3579 8 years 3 weeks ago • 798 views • 7:41

Are you? From YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PqN_2jDVbOU "Geordie Rose, Founder of D-Wave (recent clients are Google and NASA) believes that the power of quantum computing is that we can... continue reading

posted by chicchorea 8 years 2 months 3 weeks ago • 851 views • 19:38

YouTube description: Conceived in the open sea, tiny spaceship-shaped sea urchin larvae search the vast ocean to find a home. After this incredible odyssey, they undergo one of the most remarkable transformations... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 3 months ago • 658 views • 3:23

There are cosmic snipers firing at random into the unvierse. What are they and what happens if they hit us?

posted by Mordhaus 8 years 3 months 3 weeks ago • 316 views • 7:14

From YT: It's okay to be smart!

YouTube description: I made a batch of charcoal using the mound method then stored it in baskets for later use. Charcoal is a fuel that burns hotter than the wood it's made from. This is because the... continue reading

posted by Aard Vark (oritteropo) 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 1,004 views • 5:31

WooHoo! Hank said Washington State! YouTube: Last week, it was announced that we've detected gravitational waves on Earth. Now, Hank explains what that means for the future and why it's such a huge deal.

posted by PlayhousePals 8 years 9 months 1 week ago • 564 views • 4:39