To Scale: The Solar System
On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. A film...
On a dry lakebed in Nevada, a group of friends build the first scale model of the solar system with complete planetary orbits: a true illustration of our place in the universe. A film...
Firefly takes place in an incredibly complicated star system. But it probably couldn’t exist, because physics. [via scishowspace]
Everybody is talking about Measles – but what does the virus actually do in the body? Is it really so harmful that you need a vaccination? We go deep into the body of an...
What does the Ebola virus actually do in your body? Why is it so dangerous and why does it kill so many people? We take a look at the apocalyptic war that rages in...
A couple of months ago we featured the evolution of the Playstation controller. This infographic goes one step further and shows the evolution of the whole Playstation system. Thanks Frankie for the suggestion! [source...
In this episode of Minutephysics Henry explains why our solar system is flat. [via minutephysics]
Jeff Highsmith figured that with the rise in population the Tooth Fairy was no longer able to visit all the children to collect teeth. So he installed a pneumatic transport system to transport the...
How did punch card systems work? Professor Brailsford delves further into the era of mainframe computing with this hands-on look at punch cards. [Via Computerphile]
This is an interesting Google Tech Talk by Dr. Azzopardi on how microeconomics can be used to describe user behaviour. [Via reddit]
At TEDxSiliconValley, Damon Horowitz reviews the enormous new powers that technology gives us: to know more — and more about each other — than ever before. Drawing the audience into a philosophical discussion, Horowitz...