Beautiful video splicing together footage from the Cassini Mission. Really really cool.
by Chris Abbas
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Source: fuckyeahspaceexploration
I freaking love math sometimes.
Really smart and tidy Ted talk on algorithms and their power to shape our world. love it.
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Science Says: Eating Fatty Food Gets You High, Gives You The Munchies
As if I didn’t already know and demonstrate this on the reg:
Fatty foods can make you feel stoned, and then, just like actually being stoned, can give you the munchies, according to a new study being released this week. It’s a vicious cycle that doesn’t end until the police come pry your tumescent ass off of the toilet seat with a crowbar—so take heed.
Apparently, fatty foods trigger the body to produce “a natural feel-good chemical” called endocannabinoids, which produces effects similar to pot. That part sounds pretty alright—getting stoned off of French fries?!—but the catch is that these endocannabinoids will then drive you to pig out even more. At least when you smoke pot, the “getting high” part won’t get you fat. Endocannabinoids were discovered when scientists learned that the human body can actually create its own cannabinoids, which are tiny little molecules that reduce pain and anxiety. For what it’s worth, you can also trigger your endocannabinoids by exercising, which isn’t as much fun as eating Cheeze Doodles.
This study seems to directly contradict a study last year which stated that overeating fatty foods produced effects similar to cocaine addition, which, last we checked, makes you not want to eat.
Rollerball pen draws electronic circuits on paper
Love this kind of thing:
A team of researchers from the University of Illinois have created a pen with conductive silver ink that can be used to draw electrical circuits on paper, wood and other materials. Although similar pens are already available, the difference here is that the ink is bendable when dry, meaning that even if the paper is folded or bent, the circuit will still function normally.
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The researchers have also been able to add components to their hand-drawn circuits, including a flexible LED display, three-dimensional radio-frequency antennas and a battery.
Elements of Suprise
Stupid and clever with an ironic inversion at the end. One of the most perfectly executed McSweeney’s lists to date.
PhosYOUREPREGNANTphorus
LithTHETESTCAMEBACKPOSITIVEium
MangLOOKOUTanese
SelenYOUREBEINGAUDITEDium
HydroLETSMOVEINTOGETHERgen
FluorDADIMGAYine
NitroHAPPYBIRTHDAYgen
TungYOUARENOTMENTIONEDINTHEWILLsten
PotassYESIHAVEAREASONWHYTHESETWOSHOULDNOTBEMARRIEDium
Arsenic
Source: mcsweeneys.net
Source: fakescience
Bill Nye Booed For Elementary-level Science lesson in Waco
Nye was in town to participate in McLennan Community College’s Distinguished Lecture Series. He gave two lectures on such unfunny and adult topics as global warming, Mars exploration, and energy consumption.
But nothing got people as riled as when he brought up Genesis 1:16, which reads: “God made two great lights — the greater light to govern the day and the lesser light to govern the night. He also made the stars.”
The lesser light, he pointed out, is not a light at all, but only a reflector.
At this point, several people in the audience stormed out in fury. One woman yelled “We believe in God!” and left with three children, thus ensuring that people across America would read about the incident and conclude that Waco is as nutty as they’d always suspected.
Source: twitter.com
