Imagine that the world really had zombies but not magic. Could we explain the phenomena just with science? These two videos are from TED education and attempt to do just that. TED is a fantastic brand that produces some thoroughly high quality and interesting videos. IN this case we’ve some lessons worth sahring that are […]
Mad scientist builds working Tesla Gun
The mad scientist in question is Rob Flickenger. Dangerous Rob had help from Hazard Factory and Hackerbot Labs to make this gun – and it’s a real gun. Sure, it may look clunky and something out of a comic (actually, it’s out of The Five Fits of Science) but this device can shock at 20,000 […]
Collider 6 – Paranoia
We’re up to the sixth episode of the web series for the transmedia project Collider. CERN doubter, Peter remains a shut-in as the script goes out of its way to avoid showing us any other faces. The question is – is Peter really about to do something drastic?
Crazy idea? Mathematical waves as magic?
A few roleplaying games lean heavily on the idea that magic is either a special language or mathematical incantations that tap into the heatbeat of the world. This video from the New Scientist highlights those equations that rule the world with an almost exclusive focus on understanding waves. They don’t mean the waves that break […]
Why your old RPG books could be releasing volatile chemicals
This video answers the question; “Why do old books smell?”. There are a number of reasons but a key part is due to chemical reactions. It’s a bad idea, for example, to store a piece of newspaper in a book as the acidic paper from the newspaper will damage the book over time. At about […]
How to build your own vortex cannon
It turns out that building your own vortex cannon isn’t very hard at all. In a cracking video, a pair of students demonstrate just how easy it is to build a the cannon – but also illustrate it’s not the most powerful cannon in the world. I like the video because it feels real. It’s […]
LEGO robots help Cambridge University grow bones
This video is all kinds of awesome. Firstly, there should be more knowledge about bones. Medical science knows jack about bones and it annoys this blogger. Secondly, wow – we’ve got LEGO and robots, they’re in use in a hardcore science lab and all this is part of the Google Science fair. What’s not to […]
Race car science as micro arc oxidation helps create HTC One S cases
Sometimes the science aspects of this blog merge with the tech aspects of this blog. Makes sense, right? The surprise is that it doesn’t happen more often. I suspect that the science isn’t often seen as exciting enough by the marketing departments and so no cool videos are created to explain it. Horrah, then, for […]
Adam Savage on how ideas lead to discoveries
Adam Savage is more than “from Mythbusters”. He’s an intelligent man and a champion for science. He’s also a very good speaker. This TED video (technically TED Ed and enhanced with animations) has Adam walk the audience through how ideas can lead to scientific discoveries. Example include how Eratosthenes calculated the circumference of the Earth […]
Deeper than the abyss; the hadal depths
Film maker James Cameron may die. He’s going to be at the helm of a one-man submarine that’ll sink 7 miles deep into the Mariana Trench. This is the deepest point of earth and it’s an entirely scary proposition. He’s a brave man. The adventure is part of a National Geographic (sponsored by Rolex) series […]
