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June 8th, 2011 - 5:57 am § in Science, Uncategorized

Yesterday's solar eruption!

  Very cool video documenting a spectacular solar eruption that happened yesterday morning. Pretty great that we can get such high quality videos of the sun so soon after this event happened.[...]

June 7th, 2011 - 5:53 am § in Science

What happens when you pour water in to hot oil?

Clip from Discovery where they take a nice slow look at what happens when water and hot oil are combined. Probably not a good idea to try at home.[...]

June 6th, 2011 - 5:46 am § in Science

Paleontologist who tried to build a dinosaur

Interesting TED talk here where paleontologist Jack Horner tells his tale of living his dream of reconstructing a dinosaur.[...]

June 2nd, 2011 - 5:51 am § in featured, Science

Evolution in 5 minutes

  Just a neat little animated video depicting the theory of evolution. Reminds me of the movie Fantasia.[...]

June 1st, 2011 - 5:47 am § in Fun, Mathematics, Science

Acceleration of a Bungee Jump

A quick little video/quiz on when during a bungee jump you are at the highest acceleration. Links in the video provide explanations.[...]

May 30th, 2011 - 2:45 pm § in Science

Drinking Coffee in Space

Very cool video showing how we may one day drink coffee in space. An astronaut explains how this plastic cup/bag allows us to drink every last drop of coffee.[...]