I have been experiencing horrible insomnia lately. It got a bit better last month when I started taking sleeping pills, but now I almost feel like my body has become immune to them. Can this happen? Whenever my body is in dire need of sleep it responds with migraines. Needless to say I have not […]
Or, this is what happens when I’m too tired to properly blog. The first video, via Gizmodo, reveals how NASA Photoshops Hubble’s images. According to HubbleSite: Hubble images are made, not born. Images must be woven together from the incoming data from the cameras, cleaned up and given colors that bring out features that eyes […]
I can’t stop staring at this. Someone please help me tear my eyes away from the screen! Via haha.nu. You may also like: How Do Computers Render Curves? [Video] Periodic Elements of Star Wars Episodes VI, V, and VI The Heroic Table of the Elements The Golden Ratio of Apple
Admit it: you have at least one thematic melody from the Final Fantasy series running through your head while perusing this chart. Via Geekosystem. You may also like: 30 Years of Super Mario [Infographic] The Science of Toilet Paper Orientation The World of Star Wars: A Timeline Visualization 5 Things I Found on the Internet This […]
Illustrator Christoph Niemann has an article up in the NYTimes online called Unpopular Science which showcases simple and funny chalkboard drawings of the physics of everyday life. My favorite has to be this one: Head on over to the original for more hilarious illustrations and captions! Via kottke.org. You may also like: Website of the […]
Want your child to get a head start on chemistry? Try these Educational Chemistry Crayons from Etsy seller QueInteresante: Children play and draw with crayons practically every day, so why not make the experience more educational? This listing is for a set of 48 Crayola crayons with labels so that while children are coloring, they […]
While doing some research for my upcoming delivery, I discovered NOELLE™, the pregnant robot. NOELLE™ was created in 2006 by Florida-based company Gaumard Scientific and has been increasingly used to train doctors and nurses deal with complications of pregnancy. The high-end model retails for $20,000 and comes equipped with several umbilical cords, dilating devices, vulva (for […]
Although I thoroughly suck at science, I received a chemistry kit as a present one birthday some twenty years ago and loved it for years on end. J owned multiple chemistry kits as a child and also has fond memories of mixing strange compounds together and “blowing sh*t up.” We fully intend on gifting our children with […]
Who knew dissected frogs could look so cute? I always found biology class dissections fascinating, so it comes as no surprise that I was drawn to Etsy seller CraftyHedgehog‘s collection of knitted dissections. Cute yet morbid, the series includes frogs, rats, fetal pigs, bunnies, and alligators. Each creature even comes pinned down in its own dissection […]
Studies have long shown that people of different cultures act differently, but a paper published in the Journal of Personality and Social Psychology indicates that culture even affects our cognition. Take a look at the images above and try to interpret the overall emotion of the picture. Do your eyes linger on the center man in the […]
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