Eulers disc
A spinning/rolling disk ultimately comes to rest, and it does so quite abruptly, the final stage of motion being accompanied by a whirring sound of rapidly increasing frequency. As the disk rolls, the point...
Monthly Archive: April 2017
Hunter S. Thompson on Late Night with Conan O’Brien
Hunter S. Thompson was born in Louisville, Kentucky, in 1937. He showed a knack for writing at a young age, and after high school began his career in journalism while serving in the United...
Chocolate Rain is 10 years old
Tay Zonday (given name, Adam Nyerere Bahner) was a grad student from Minneapolis, Minnesota when he uploaded Chocolate Rain on April 22nd, 2007. The song’s strange lyrics like “chocolate rain, some stay dry while...
Snapshots of Iceland
Iceland is a country of sharp contrasts. A place where fire and ice co-exist. Where dark winters are offset by the summer’s midnight sun. A country where insular existence has spurred a rich and...
Researchers have grown premature lambs in an artificial womb
Researchers have shown it’s possible to nurture and protect lambs in late stages of gestation inside an artificial womb; technology which could become a lifesaver for many premature human babies in just a few...
The evolution of animal genitalia
Genitals are the fastest-evolving organs in the animal kingdom. But why is this so? And what’s the point of having decorative private parts? Menno Schilthuizen explains how the evolutionary biology of nature’s nether regions...
I… Really miss my nigga
I really miss my nigga (x2) White people you can sing it too, just change that “N” to a “W” Miss my wigga Just say I really miss my wigga Back to the song...
Arlan Robotics Service Droid 1.0
The Arlan Robotics Service Droid 1.0 is now available for pre-order in the current Indiegogo campaign here.
Richie Hawtin @ Coachella 2017
Over a Coachella weekend that featured the the glitz of Radiohead, Lady Gaga and Kendrick Lamar, it was actually techno heavyweight Richie Hawtin who stole the show. He used the festival as a way...