Demonstrating: The EXTREME marshmallow cannon!
(Pro tip: Want to be invited to the White House? Be a 14 year old who clearly designed the best invention ever).
love that expression (on both of them)
That kid is completely unimpressed with his awesomeness and Obama is all “WOAH!!!!”
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Source: The Atlantic
The ancient Greeks called the thapsia garganica plant “deadly carrot,” because their camels would eat it and quickly die. The Roman emperor Nero mixed it with frankincense to treat bruises. Until the early 20th century it was used in a plaster to treat rheumatism—the side effects, however, were barely worth the cure.
But what happens when you deploy thaspia on a molecular level? You get a teeny tiny, very precise, cancer-killing grenade. It’s an entirely new approach that has its creators throwing around the word “cure.”
(via Scientists Transform Deadly Plant Into Cancer Killing Smart Bomb)
I love science!
Source: Gizmodo
(via The Astounding Photos that Made America Fall in Love with Science)
OPOSSUMS IN AN INCUBATOR.
OPOSSUMS IN AN INCUBATOR.
The purpose of which is to study fetal development. SO SO AWESOME! I just really like this one, but the rest are cool too. =)
Source: io9.com
All clownfish are born male. When they become adults, the largest, most dominant fish becomes a female, and the second largest becomes the breeding male. If the breeding female disappears, the breeding male (now the largest of the group) will become a female, and so on. In other species of tropical fish, when the ratio between males and females becomes imbalanced, dominant females may become males.
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Source: ohscience
Alcohol Is Microscopically Beautiful
1. Bloody Mary
2. Cosmopolitan
3. Dry Martini
4. Pina Colada
5. Sake
6. Tequila
7. Vodka Tonic
8. Whiskey
9. White Russian
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Star Found Shooting Water "Bullets"
Seven hundred and fifty light-years from Earth, a young, sunlike star has been found with jets that blast epic quantities of water into interstellar space, shooting out droplets that move faster than a speeding bullet.
The discovery suggests that protostars may be seeding the universe with water. These stellar embryos shoot jets of material from their north and south poles as their growth is fed by infalling dust that circles the bodies in vast disks.
Hey there, universe. You’re lookin’ mighty fine. Obligatory: SCIENCE!
When you see how AMAZING this is, how can you not believe that some cosmic miracle happened over billions of years to eventually come together and create Earth? My belief in science, I think, renders me far more in awe of the universe than a belief in an omnipotent being creating it. At the very least, I can’t understand believing that you are the only thing out there and that the person who created this for you, didn’t create something equally as wonderful for someone else.
Source: wilwheaton
Miss USA 2011 - 51 Delegates Interview (Q2 - Evolution taught in school) (by seng12900)
EVOLUTION IS NOT A THEORY.
IT IS A FACT.
And you’re not talking about teaching all of the theories, you’re talking about teaching a scientific fact and teaching a Christian belief. What about what everyone else believes? Guess it doesn’t matter!
There was one answer in this video from a Catholic contestant who pointed out that the Pope agrees with evolution. I’m not saying Catholicism is the be all end all religion in the world or just in Christianity, but I really DO belive that you can believe in God, and believe in science. One does not have to contradict the other.
Source: youtube.com
You can cut the spinal cord, crush it, remove a segment, and it will regenerate. You can cut the limbs at any level - the wrist, the elbow, the upper arm - and it will regenerate, and it’s perfect. There is nothing missing, there’s no scarring on the skin at the site of amputation, every tissue is replaced. They can regenerate the same limb 50, 60, 100 times. And every time: perfect.
Guest Blog: Regeneration: The axolotl story
THIS IS FUCKING AWESOME!
Source: scientificamerican.com
