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I choo choo choose you!

Dogleash — Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:06:21 +0000

In the spirit of my love for science and the fact that its the month of love and cupid, take a gander.

Dear God, I love science.

Demers — Mon, 08 Feb 2010 05:36:25 +0000

Mercury Thiocyanate decomposition… by flame! Otherwise known as “The Bog Monster Cometh.” Viewed surprisingly well to mellow techno.

I wonder if it would be possible to make some kind of fast-growing building out of that stuff. I mean, you see it enough in the cartoons; someone throws out a capsule, and something appears right out of thin air.

Wait, never mind; that’s mercury. It probably wouldn’t be too good for your health.

The known Universe.

Evo — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 21:01:58 +0000

Another great video showing the incredible time and distance scales of the known Universe:

This one was put together by the American Museum of Natural History. Awesome.

The incredible machine.

Jeff — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:49:58 +0000

This completely insane diagram details the metabolic processes that are happening at any given moment in your body. It’s what makes you work. (Via Reddit, where you’ll find a 50MB TIF version.)

Chromoscope the Universe.

Jeff — Fri, 18 Dec 2009 04:42:23 +0000

Ever wanted X-ray specs or super-human vision? Chromoscope lets you explore our Galaxy (the Milky Way) and the distant Universe in a range of wavelengths from X-rays to the longest radio waves.

Your puny human visual sensors can detect only a small sliver of the electromagnetic spectrum. Use the handy Chromoscope slide-bar to see what you’re missing, and view the Universe as god does (or satellites, whatever).

Cell size, scale and you.

Jeff — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:42:40 +0000

Zoom from a coffee bean to a single carbon atom, and gain some appreciation for the scale of things that affect you every day. Below is the classic video (and Best Thing Ever contender) “Powers of Ten“, which instead zooms out from coffee-bean-scale to eventually encompass the observable universe. (Via Reddit.)

We Are All Connected, feat. C-Saga, DeBone Tyson, MC Feynman, and Masta Bill.

Jeff — Sun, 25 Oct 2009 19:01:02 +0000

A follow up to C-Saga’s “best thing ever” contender A Glorious Dawn, I give you We Are All Connected by the Symphony of Science. Featuring Carl Sagan, Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye. (Via Reddit.)

50 years of space exploration.

Dogleash — Thu, 15 Oct 2009 18:25:34 +0000

A rendition of the past 5 decades’ worth of solar and interstellar space travel and exploration. Full graphic here.

Methinks I’ll be visiting Active Surplus soon…

1 1 — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 18:04:33 +0000

Think about the pros:

It can be used for lightpainting.

I’ll stop burning my fingers when trying to light a roach or a bowl.

I’ll be able to blind my enemies when they ask me for a light.

I may one day rule the world…

Auto-tuned Carl Sagan performs ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking.

Jeff — Fri, 25 Sep 2009 00:22:48 +0000

Awesome. (Via Reddit.)