February 2012
cretan asked: How does that lost sock disappear and where does it go?
Every time I answer an Ask, I get three new ones. If my inbox was an ecosystem, it would be unsustainable.
I hope you all know that I read every question and comment, I simply can’t get to all of them. But I’ll keep trying.
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January 2012
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The Power of Introverts: A Manifesto for Quiet... →
Susan Cain talks to Scientific American about her book Quiet : The Power of Introverts. There is great value in those who prefer introversion, and it is quite different from shyness. Yet our society does not reward this work ethic and social style, even though as many as two-thirds of people are introverts. A wonderful interview.
Many introverts feel there’s something wrong with them, and...
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keystouniverse asked: I recently watched a video of a red gummy bear being dropped into a vial of Potassium Chlorate. The reaction was absolutely insane, but I'm wondering why it reacted like that. I don't know if you've seen the video or not, but do you think you could explain how and why it reacted the way it did? It was just so amazing and flabbergasting. I'm so curious.
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Hi.
Hi new followers from Time magazine’s website’s feature about the 30 Tumblrs you “must see” of which I was but one of many greats and certainly overlooks a ton of other awesome Tumblrs, but that’s ok, welcome anyway!
Welcome to my science party. If you’re unsure what it’s like, ask someone who’s been here for a while. Or you could look at my...
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mariajbentzen asked: Hi! I just stumbled upon this blog, and it's awesome! Do you have any links to sites or videos that explain the start of life on earth? My dad asked me about it, and I wasn't able to come up with a proper answer. Maria
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mikethegrizzly reblogged your photo: Trees like this giant sequoia were seedlings as…
it’s a good thing no one can cut them down now.
Unfortunately you don’t need to cut down a giant tree in order to kill it or drive its species to extinction.
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This Is What You'd Call "Editorial Bias"
Listen folks, climate change sucks. It sucks to talk about, it sucks to experience it, and it sucks to research it. I would say that it sucks to cause it, but we apparently haven’t learned that lesson yet.
I imagine the world’s climate scientists feel like they are in the back row of a bus, yelling at the drunk bus driver to turn before he drives off of a cliff. Except that the bus...
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oldmanyellsatcloud replied to your photo: Why Popcorn Smells Like a Bearcat’s Butt Or why a…
…Damnit, Joe, his answer was that he doesn’t know. And now I both do and don’t want popcorn at the SAME TIME.
Popcorn FOREVER RUINED! HAHAHA! I’m a bastard.
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#IamScience: Embracing Personal Experience on Our... →
Have you ever wondered whether you’re “cut out” for science? I mean, it just seems so easy for everyone else, right? In science as in life, our personal paths can often seem impassably bumpy and twisted when we compare them to those of our peers.
But life is never so simple. For too long, there has been an idea that there’s a “right” way to land in a science...
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Richard Nixon’s Never-Used 1969 Speech In Case of Apollo 11 Disaster
Thankfully, not needed.
IN THE EVENT OF MOON DISASTER: Fate has ordained that the men who went to the moon to explore in peace will stay on the moon to rest in peace. These brave men, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, know that there is no hope for their recovery. But they also know that there is hope for mankind in their...
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WatchLinda Dong’s Simple Science is a photographic and video exploration of the beauty inherent in simple science experiments.
Here, an egg is forced into a bottle, using nothing more than heat and air pressure.