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Science: Cthulhu is now a cucumber

April 12, 2019 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

A team led by the Oxford University Museum of Natural History found the rare fossil in a site in England, peeled it back layer-by-layer, taking images each time so the whole creature could later be reconstructed by computer.

Someone has to be a chemistry ninja: Valence Plus

August 10, 2017 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The game is designed to mix education and science. Ninja cards represent molecules and the interactions teach you about chemistry. It is doing well over on Kickstarter, with $15,000 pledged from 200+ backers and 20 days to go to hit the $18,000 target.…

Superhero Week: The Real-World Physics of Superman [infographic]

July 8, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

This is a bit like the Mythbusters team decided to investigate Superman. Allow for the possiblity of an alien from Krypton, who becomes amazingly strong after arriving on Earth, how many of his famous feats are possible?…

Interactive periodic table of fictional metals

June 11, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Yikes! It was 6 years ago that Geek Native shared a table of imaginary elements. Time for a new one. The latest comes from a company called Bodycote which specialise in heat treating various metals and alloys.…

Enough science to magic up an ice sword

February 29, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Have you wielded an ice sword in an RPG or watched an anime where one was summoned? The scientific problem is pretty straight forward. The solution; toilet paper. It’s just possible that after this video from Sufficiently Advanced gamer groups around the world will be adding Pykrete to their vocabulary and list of ways to surprise GMs.…

The amazing steampunk science of Pierre Jean Tardiveau

February 24, 2016 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

Steamwork fans and inventors should be aware of Paris-based designer Pierre Jean Tardiveau. He makes some incredible ‘scopes. We’re talking about polariscopes, callikryptoscopes and devices like the Juipter Pendulum. The image above is of a wonderful looking steampunk lamp and the videos below will show you how clever Tardiveau’s creations are.…

The little black dress for science geeks

December 5, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood 5 Comments

In search of a little black dress for science geeks? Do you need to build out your wardrobe for Christmas party, New Year party and just because party season? Pop over to Shenova’s store on Etsy and you might well find something interesting.…

Explaining the Archer’s Paradox to younger gamers

May 30, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The Archer’s Paradox is this; there’s a bow between your arrow and your target so how come the arrow goes straight? Slow motion and some science can explain this. While the folk at Smarter Every Day didn’t intend for this video to be aimed at games (oh, pun), I think we’re a good audience and I think gamer kids will be especially interested.…

How to build a fully operational gas rifle out of pipes and propane

May 22, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

In this video the Backyard Scientist uses every day items to build a series of rifles. Are they powerful? By the time the video finishes we’re able to launch golf balls further than the video can track and we’re blasting holes in beer cans.…

Boeing gets patent on force fields

March 30, 2015 by Andrew Girdwood Leave a Comment

The multinational manufacturer of airplanes, rockets and satellites has picked up an American patent on military force fields. This computer-voice / animation combo explains how the technology works. It doesn’t feel quite like “force fields from Star Wars” to me but, yeah, I get the reference.…

Science: Cthulhu is now a cucumber

Someone has to be a chemistry ninja: Valence Plus

Superhero Week: The Real-World Physics of Superman [infographic]

Interactive periodic table of fictional metals

Enough science to magic up an ice sword

The amazing steampunk science of Pierre Jean Tardiveau

The little black dress for science geeks

Explaining the Archer’s Paradox to younger gamers

How to build a fully operational gas rifle out of pipes and propane

Boeing gets patent on force fields

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