I have dug through the Internet this week and uncovered all this geeky goodness. You can find the thousands of links from previous weeks here.
I have marked my favorite links with a ∞. Enjoy.
Science to Read, Write, and Watch The 34 million year old frog so beautifully preserved you can see its face
∞ Better bring a stillsuit Muad'Dib: Could a Sand Storm on DUNE Flay Your Flesh
? Amazing video of that incredible jaguar/crocodile attack
from last month Why is the IPCC so much more confident in human-caused global warming
? Well, the evidence is there You could run on water at 0.22G
. Thanks Ig Nobels! These are cross sections of a platypus brain
Re-entering space shuttles generate sonic booms at the nose and tail
. All supersonic planes do but they are spaced wide enough for your brain to distinguish That Mauritius "underwater waterfall" is actually much more interesting than that
How a Kids’ Cartoon Created a Real-Life Invasive Army
Mesmerizing: Watch the currents flow across the Great Lakes in real time
∞ If feng shui actually worked, it would be a catastrophe for city planners
"Each time you pick your nose, that booger might literally be out-of-this-world
." The way you walk is tied to a hole in your skull
, but that's not the whole story. How memes themselves are memes
. Interesting piece on origins and study (LOLcats and other academic stuff) "5 reasons why I spent two years watching wasp sex
Will we need to genetically engineer organisms to save them from extinction
? We should have that conversation "...Alternative medicine allegedly treats 'the underlying causes' of disease. Nope. Not true. Exactly backwards
." Study: Fish oils don't boost brain power
The first octopus farm is underway
! And you can't vaccinate an octopus. Hmmm. Why can't we walk in straight lines
? It's kind of a mystery Keep It Simple Students: How You Were Copied
. Explanations for students by students ∞ How many bees does it take to fill an oil drum with honey? I find out in this clip
(and do a bit of taste testing) The genetic progress we are making on MERS one year in
Um. You can make a cast of your bronchial tubes but...you have to cough it up
Talk about the most dangerous spiders in North America while putting both of them on your fingers
! ∞ "The scholarly authorities on freezing to death
seem to be, unsurprisingly, Canadians." 30 responses to those who think we science-based medicine folk are wrong about CAM
? A particularly inspiring video by It's Okay To Be Smart Why it's so hard for sperm to swim: Fluid physics
! ∞ In which how magnets really work
blows my mind You're wrong about how fast a sneeze goes
Nerdery At Its Finest Stovepipe sponges are the ocean's cookie monsters
. No really ∞ Are Elvish, Klingon, Dothraki and Na’vi real languages
? Wonderfully enlightening video Bored at the office? Have some supplies around? Build an X-wing
! Heh. I don't think The Blues Brothers had a physics adviser
World’s Insect Leaders Attend G20,000,000,000 Summit
I have written about 35 sci-fi shorts at my new Tumblr (future book project). Here's my latest
. ∞ Posted this kind of thing before, but this is a whole other level: A size comparison of (probably) every sci-fi ship
The scientifically accurate Halley's Comet comic
is even sadder Heh. The Hello Kitty Caterpillar
It would take about 17mins to reach the asteroid belt at Star Trek warp-1
Ridiculously thorough fake biology paper on Wolverine's genetic mutations
∞ Yes, the whole plot for Ocarina of Time was ridiculous
It took us this long to think of DragonBall Z hair wax
!? ∞ How the standard model of particle physics says "you are my everything
" I can't stop building this atom
Most Star Wars Jedi were idiots
, and caused all the deaths in all six movies Not exactly accurate, but we feel your pain terror bird
GIFs and Images for 2-Seconds of Wow FYI Tigers have serious ups
∞ I might watch this salt skull on the shore
for a while more Ginormous photo of this shiny blue bee
is totally worth it I'll take my Andromeda on the rocks, please
Scientists test air vortices beautifully
∞ NASA's vehicle assembly building is so large
, clouds have been observed forming near the ceiling Even snow is pretty at the beach
When the Martian landscape looks like a brain
2013 is the year of the snake. How to draw it
is even cooler than the zodiac ∞ If you're underwater, use nature's toothbrush
! A 1-gram object going at the same speed the ISS orbits at packs a serious punch
∞ What an amazing shot: Skydivers go down as a rocket launch goes up
An SEM can show you the bio-films that grow over your sutures
They ran Windows in Prometheus
, in case you were wondering Space is everything. Literally. Even fireworks: The star cluster NGC 1929 glows blue and hot in X-ray wavelengths
∞ The horse head nebula is actually a kaiju fight
. You will never unsee that, and that makes me happy. One way to keep sunlight from heating up a body of water? UV-reflecting balls
! "I threw a tick I found on my roommate in some hand sanitizer and looked at it underneath my dissecting scope
." The velvet worm is absolutely bizarre
, which is why I love it ∞ Insect philosophy: Live life for the moment, because carnivorous caterpillars
Pop Culture Happenings Watch the mud island off Pakistan appear from orbit
. Complete with vortex shedding! ∞ LHC Google street view
! Health Canada adds new warning labels to homeopathic "vaccines"
Finding troubling misinformation about "alternative medicine"
at the Mayo Clinic ∞ I was taken like everyone else, but I had to change my mind: Louis C.K. Is Wrong About Smartphones
Interesting statistics: The Outdoors Don’t Kill People
∞ A website dedicated to cataloging weird and beautiful shots found on Google street view
"...Extreme cognitive dissonance when the most patriotic thing in your American life
is actually super-French." XKCD doesn't like our universe's lobster habits
