Category: Science

Structural Colour

Structural Colour

Scientists are being inspired by nature to design the next generation of security devices. Arrays of nanoscale holes create beautiful reflected colours that are almost impossible to forge. [Via veritasium]

What’s Language Got to Do With It?

What’s Language Got to Do With It?

University of Melbourne graduate student Sara Ciesielski explains how children growing up in the Sherpa culture learn a lot more than words from their elders. [via geeksaresexy]

Science of the Friend Zone

Science of the Friend Zone

Ever expressed feelings for someone and had them reply by saying they’d rather be “just friends?” VSauce examines the science of the “Friend Zone.” [Via YouTube]

We were all female

We were all female

Dear Gentlemen, science has a confession. You were once…a female – which helps to explain where your nipples came from. Watch and learn. [Via youtube]

ISS Timelapse: Further Up Yonder

ISS Timelapse: Further Up Yonder

Italian filmmaker Giacomo Sardelli has collected messages from astronauts on the International Space Station and created this short-film that he calls “Further Up Yonder.” Messages that might be accompanied by perspective on things. [Via...

The Power of Outrospection

The Power of Outrospection

Introspection is out, and outrospection is in. Philosopher and author Roman Krznaric explains how we can help drive social change by stepping outside ourselves. [Via RSA Animate]

The Longest Word in English

The Longest Word in English

The Longest Word in the World (Chemical name of titin) – 189,819 letters: Methionylthreonylthreonylglutaminylarginyl…isoleucine – see here: http://pastebin.com/wkKH8xD8 [Via geeksaresexy]

Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper

Timelapse Writing of a Research Paper

Timothy Weninger saved several versions while writing a paper submitted to the computer science conference, “World Wide Web.” This resulted in 463 intermediate versions of the paper. He stitched all of the versions together...

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