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The Scientific Power of Thought

Kyle Dowling — Mon, 21 Jan 2013 18:00:22 +0000

Mind over matter, people! According to this video, when you change your mind, you physically change your brain. It looks as if the power of thought is an immense gift that each of us hold (sans ‘Honey Boo Boo‘ viewers). As the video states, “imagining an action and doing it require the same motor and [...]

How NOT to Make an Electric Gun

Tom Blunt — Sun, 20 Jan 2013 19:30:33 +0000

There’s no need to offer a “Don’t try this at home” warning — by the time you’ve watched this guy accidentally shock, burn, and shoot himself, you’re unlikely to follow in his footsteps. It might seem a little strange to talk about making guns so soon after that botched assassination attempt in Bulgaria, but this homemade [...]

Weird Science: Watch This Bizarre Chemical Reaction

Tom Blunt — Sun, 30 Dec 2012 16:30:20 +0000

Something very strange happens at the 1:15 point in this video. When these three clear solutions are combined on a stir plate, the result changes color — and keeps changing! Don’t ask us why the color change keeps oscillating. That’s what the narrating scientist is there for! The sudden transformation from an amber liquid to an inky [...]

10 Amazing Facts About the Universe You Won't Believe

Carl Pettit — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:45:14 +0000

The universe is a pretty amazing place, from the unimaginably large, right down to the incredibly small. There’s an awful lot going on in this field we call “existence.”With the recent discovery of what is most likely the elusive Higgs boson particle, or some variant thereof, by scientist’s working at the Large Hadron Collider near [...]

Learn Chemistry With Adorable Dogs

Amanda Ferris — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:13:10 +0000

In this heartwarming YouTube video, adorable pooches-turned-chemists Paige and Dexter explain the basics of chemistry using their toys. If your child is struggling with basic chemistry concepts in school or you just need a pick me up after a long, stressful day, this video will make you giggle as the pooches demonstrate the ins-and-outs of chemical bonding.

Duke University Creates 'Harry Potter' Style Invisibility Cloak

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:22:11 +0000

If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s hit ‘Harry Potter‘ series, you must have longed for your own invisibility cloak so that you could go off on your own magical adventures just like Harry himself. But invisibility cloaks are merely fictional, right? Wrong! A team of researchers at Duke University have created the first invisibility [...]

Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson Discovers Superman's Home Planet

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 06 Nov 2012 18:42:48 +0000

Superman’s home planet Krytpon isn’t fictional anymore! Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson has discovered the real-life counterpart to the planet that is so deeply embedded in the ‘Superman’ canon.Tyson discovered the red dwarf star that is located in the Corvus constellation and is about 27.1 light years away from Earth. Up until now, this star was [...]

10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:53:22 +0000

All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don’t spend enough time questioning what’s actually been said. We’ve picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them. 1. [...]

The Real Life Science Behind James Bond's Gadgets

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:04:19 +0000

In anticipation of the upcoming release of 'Skyfall,' the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, we've explored five of our favorite Bond gadgets and put them to the test of reality. It's every guy's (and probably girl's) dream to have their own real life Q and his accompanying gadgets. But how many of these are accurate portrayals of reality and how many are far-flung fantasies that belong on the big screen?

12-Year-Old Uses Dungeons And Dragons to Help Dad Solve Scientific Riddle

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:50 +0000

When you look at someone, you are immediately drawn to their eyes. Scientists have been unsure if this is because humans are programmed to stare at eyes or at faces in general.

Alan Kingstone, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, had been working on this quandary and was having trouble thinking of an experiment which separated the eyes from the center of the face. He was telling his 12-year-old son Julian about it when the boy came up with an inspired idea.

Just In Time For Halloween, Here's A Creepy Science Video About Brains

Dan Seitz — Sat, 27 Oct 2012 17:32:04 +0000

It's Halloween in just a few short days, and that means a lot of brains: Frankenstein monsters looking for them, zombies munching on them, aliens exposing them in creepy experiments. But how much do we know about the brain? Could we survive getting them eaten? Do we need them at all? So here's a video explaining a bit about the brain, and whether a "no-brainer" exists

10 Awesome Facts About the Internet You Didn't Know

Emerald Catron — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:45:19 +0000

And because we can't do cat videos all day every day,* here are ten amazing facts about the internet. From how many likes there are on Facebook daily to the actual weight of the internet, this video just might blow your mind. (Hence the title.) Learn something new today, so you can watch a cat stuck in a jar over and over guilt-free!

Get a Step-by-Step Guide to Lucid Dreaming

Emerald Catron — Thu, 11 Oct 2012 18:05:41 +0000

We know — the first thing we thought when we saw this was “who draws that well on white board” too! Once we got over that, we realized we should actually be paying attention to what this guy’s saying. It’s a step by step guide from asapScience to achieving lucid dreams — dreams you are [...]

The Likelihood of 'Looper' – Science Behind the Movies

Ruth Waxman — Wed, 03 Oct 2012 21:09:58 +0000

In the new sci-fi hit ‘Looper,’ starring Bruce Willis, Joseph Gordon-Levitt and Emily Blunt, the mob uses “Loopers” and time travel to kill targets in the 30-year past. But how much of the film is based on actual hard science? As shown in the film, criminals are sent from 2074, where killing proves to be [...]

Watch 32 Metronomes Sync Up (It's Science!)

Emerald Catron — Wed, 26 Sep 2012 18:05:56 +0000

We realize asking people to stare at a bunch of out-of-sync metronomes is kind of a hard sell, but this is actually really cool. For a while it seems like it’s not going to happen, then, magically (note: technically physics, not magic), they do. Here’s why. To put it very simply — because the platform [...]

Japan Made a Mind-Reading Tail For Some Reason

Emerald Catron — Tue, 25 Sep 2012 20:15:29 +0000

Just in case you need everybody to always know exactly how you feel and exactly where you felt that way AND you need it to happen while wearing a tail that interprets your mood based on an EEG, this is the product for you.

College Professor Sets Off Ping-Pong Ball Explosion

Dan Seitz — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:03:44 +0000

Dr. Roy Lowry wanted to demonstrate a few basic principles of science, notably the behavior of liquid nitrogen under pressure. But how to get that across in a way that even the least scientifically curious student would think of as awesome. Easy: Just add ping-pong balls! Lowry and his assistants put together the “experiment” quite [...]

Reproductive Science Collides with Faith Morals and Ethics at HSU

Rudy Fernandez — Sun, 18 Mar 2012 02:23:44 +0000

If you are in the belief that science is getting out of control, that the medical field is playing God at times, and that reproductive medical scientists are pushing the outer limits. Hardin Simmons University will be tackling all of the above. HSU professors and guest speakers will discuss the subject of 'Bioethics'. The upcoming ethics forum is a two-day event and is set for March 22-23, 2012, on the HSU campus. Organizers say that this will be an annual event.