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Ιs There Poop on the Moon?
http://youtu.be/QNP8wy3S_kY
Isaac Newton and Erwin Schrödinger
August 12, 2012
Today is Schrodinger‘s birthday (12 August 1887 – 4 January 1961) www.smbc-comics.com
Hitler Learns the Tevatron Has Been Shut Down
July 2, 2012
http://youtu.be/Hqxg5WIFAdQ U.S. particle physicists aren’t the only ones pissed off about the shutdown of the Fermilab Tevatron. When Hitler finds out his Higgs search won’t happen, it triggers a wave of anger and regret as he contemplates his other career options.
What would happen if you put your hand in the Large Hadron Collider?
May 3, 2012
http://youtu.be/_NMqPT6oKJ8 http://youtu.be/lVefgfmFg9o
The brain behind TV’s The Big Bang Theory
March 4, 2012
Brad Hooker talks with David Saltzberg, science advisor to The Big Bang Theory For those who live, breathe and laugh physics, one show entangles them all: The Big Bang Theory. Now in its fifth season on CBS, the show follows a group of geeks, including a NASA engineer, an astrophysicist and two particle physicists. Every episode has […]
Top five tips on women for Stephen Hawking
January 5, 2012
by Jean Hannah Edelstein - guardian The scientist who explained the mysteries of the universe confesses to being mystified by women. Here are a few pointers Newscientist: What do you think most about during the day? Stephen Hawking: Women. They are a complete mystery. When I was young, I really struggled to learn to tie my shoelaces. […]
Video: Robot Avatar Brushes Cat Remotely in Virtual Reality
January 3, 2012
http://youtu.be/pxoL4bnLp0g Read more: Cat-brushing robot draws all signs of contentment
2012: a transition to a new era, not the end of the world
December 1, 2011
… according to Sven Gronemeyer “….Gronemeyer has been studying the stone tablet found years ago at the archeological site of Tortuguero in Mexico’s Gulf coast state of Tabasco. He said the inscription described the return of the mysterious Mayan god Bolon Yokte at the end of a 13th period of 400 years, known as Baktuns, […]
Video: Astronaut Plays Baseball in Outer Space
November 25, 2011
Satoshi Furukawa plays a little ball on his own when he has free time. http://youtu.be/kmnVrW7vGeQ
Big Bang Theory fuels physics boom
November 6, 2011
Interest in A-level and university courses rises as US comedy makes the subject “cool” Mark Townsend – The Observer A cult US sitcom has emerged as the latest factor behind a remarkable resurgence of physics among A-level and university students. The Big Bang Theory, a California-based comedy that follows two young physicists, is being credited […]
Pumpkin Chemistry
November 1, 2011
So Halloween is over, what to do with all those pumpkins rotting on your doorstep? Three chemists do their best to destroy pumpkins using all the tricks up their lab coat sleeves! http://youtu.be/O2799XSIlZM
11/11/11, Portal to Another Universe?
October 26, 2011
According to World News Forecast, 11:11am on 11/11/11 could, if Uri Geller is right, be a portal to another universe. This is from Geller’s web-page on the subject: String theory is said to be the theory of everything. It is a way of describing every force and matter regardless of how large or small or weak or strong […]
Cat physics – and we are not making this up
October 18, 2011
Even falling and skulking cats obey the laws of physics, research shows Cats may skulk, and cats may fall – but no matter what they do, cats must obey the laws of physics. Scientists have tried repeatedly to figure out how they manage to do it. At the extreme, physicists analysed what happens to a dropped […]
Ig Nobel awards: the triumph of silly science
September 20, 2011
Next week, the Ig Nobel awards recognise the most weirdest science around, says Victoria Lambert. Showered with paper aeroplanes, garlanded by admiring Nobel laureates, some of the world’s quirkiest scientistswill be honoured at a sell-out ceremony at Harvard University next week. The 21st annual Ig Nobel Prizes, conferred by Annals of Improbable Research (AIR), have become […]
How To Make Viagra
August 30, 2011
By Enrico Uva Wizards exist in real life, beyond the films and books of Harry Potter. They cook willow bark extract in car battery acid and wood alcohol and convert it into a pleasant-smelling component of candy or of a rubbing compound. In their glassware, petroleum products turn into life-saving medicines. The vastly underrated wizards […]
The Profession of Faith for Theoretical Physics (Old version)
August 7, 2011
The Physics Community may stand or Kneel! I BELIEVE in the Copenhagen interpretation of Quantum Physics, the second law of Thermodynamics and the unitary of the S-matrix. I ACKNOWLEDGE one vacuum for the basis of Hilbert space, the unattainability of absolute zero and the non – observability of phase. I am willing to CONCEDE the […]
The Physics of Guinness Beer
August 4, 2011
Physics and beer… I know to some people (you know who you are, college kids!), that’s a definition of heaven. This article, video, and paper should be up a lot of people’s alley. It discusses the physics of Guinness beer, and tries to tackle some very profound questions: For example, look closely at a pint of […]
December 14, 2012
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