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The Japanese have come up with a swimming snake robot:
Ronald Mallett is a university professor and a physicist. He believes time travel is possible, has a theory about how it can be done, and is working on a time machine:
The first dynamically-balanced robot, Dexter, learns to walk:
Here’s another robot, called Murata Boy, that can ride [...]
» Go to this postI like to see scientific principles at work in everyday activities. Here are a few videos that illustrate this. Enjoy the weekend!
Galileo postulated that objects fall at the same speed in a vacuum, regardless of their weight. When we got to the moon, they did this experiment on live TV:
Here’s a bar trick that involves [...]
» Go to this postHere’s what happens when Alka-Seltzer gets added to a water drop in space:
Want to see an aluminum foil ship float on “nothing”? (It’s not quite nothing, but it’s still pretty cool.)
Asimo, the robot made by Honda, ran at the 2007 CES:
The blind learn to see with their tongue:
Boeing conducted a 777 ultimate wing load test:
Here’s [...]
» Go to this post NASA is working with Stanford University and some fellow at the Carnegie Institute to come up with a real dud: a plan to blot out the sun. Yes, you heard it right.
They plan to shoot millions of tons of particles into the atmosphere, block out the sun’s rays, and that way everything will be better: [...]
Last week, I got the following photos sent to me by email, and I don’t know who put them together. But I think you’ll agree they’re interesting enough to share. They are progressive views of our planet, doing side-by-side comparisons of it and other planets and stars, in order to give us an idea of [...]
» Go to this postIn 1906, a German scholar discovered some of Archimedes’ long lost works in a medieval prayer book. A 10th century scribe had transcribed them from an even earlier manuscript, but in 1229, the pages were erased and used to make a prayer book. Normally, I haven’t got anything against prayer, but I think a priceless [...]
» Go to this postIf you’re looking for a cogent comparison of evolution and creation, then watch this video. Dr. Doug Batchelor does a great job of presenting both topics in as fair a light as each deserves.
» Go to this postThis is great! The original “Powers of Ten” video, done by Charles and Ray Eames, has been placed online! If there’s some point this should drive home, it’s this: we are some pretty insignificant specks of dust in a very, very large universe. We ought to be a little more humble and respectful of our [...]
» Go to this postDiscovery News has a great article detailing a large study done to see if there’s any connection between astrological signs and personality traits. The result: no such thing. I had a hunch this was true for some time now, and I’m glad to see scientific proof of it. Here’s the article.
» Go to this postFrom Ask Yahoo!: “Your question reminds us of that ancient proverb, as recited by Bart Simpson: ‘Beans, beans, the musical fruit. The more you eat, the more you toot.’ Bart speaks the truth, for few foods inspire as much gastrointestinal activity as a plate full of beans. Hold your breath as we sniff out the [...]
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