Tim Minchin at it again…
Dark matter: The matter we can’t see
•May 4, 2013 • Leave a CommentCERN scientist James Gillies presents this short animated TEDEd talk summarizing our current understanding of dark matter and dark energy, the combination of which comprises 96% of the universe and is translucent to our spectroscopic methods.
The Times and Troubles of the Scientific Method
•May 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentHank, over at SciShow, examines at the history and nature of the scientific method.
Shadowlands
•May 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentPilobolus Dance Theatre presents this remarkable shadowography.
Printing a Human Kidney
•May 2, 2013 • Leave a CommentIn this short TED talk, surgeon Anthony Atala presents some early research results in the quest to print Human organs using 3D cellular printers. “Using similar technology, Dr. Atala’s young patient Luke Massella received an engineered bladder 10 years ago; we meet him onstage.”
A Boy and His Atom
•May 1, 2013 • 1 CommentResearchers at IBM present this stop motion video, entitled A Boy and His Atom, created through the manipulation of individual atoms. The technique is being used to explore the limits of data storage.
Created using a custom, IBM-manufactured microscope which operates at -268°C, IBM claims this is the “world’s smallest movie.” By manipulating individual atoms, the team were able to arrange them into different patterns to create the 242 frames that make up the film.
Why it’s Awesome to be a Nerd
•April 30, 2013 • Leave a CommentAt the April 27th, 2013, Calgary Comic Expo on April 27th 2013, a young mother asked Wil Wheaton to explain Why it’s Awesome to be a Nerd to her daughter, and now the world…
