Category Archives: Science

December miscellany

Posted on December 31, 2009

My brother told me about the web page Symphony of Science, where its proprietor, John Boswell, mixes the voices of famous scientists (e.g., Carl Sagan, Michio Kaku, Richard Feynman) with an autotuner and puts them over R & B–style music. … Continue reading →

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Monkey-proof passwords

Posted on December 5, 2009

You know what’s stupid? That old saying (I guess it qualifies as an “old saying” now) that if a million monkeys banged away at a million typewriters, they would eventually reproduce the complete works of Shakespeare. Obviously you could fill … Continue reading →

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The stomachion, the world’s earliest known puzzle

Posted on October 21, 2009

In my searches related to the aforementioned 3D puzzles, I came across some puzzle vendor and enthusiast sites, one of which contained the text of this New York Times article about the stomachion, a children’s game that seemed to be … Continue reading →

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Link of the day: Gigagalaxy Zoom

Posted on September 30, 2009

Gigagalaxy Zoom Because the universe is awesome and beautiful. (HT: Dark Roasted Blend.)

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Gummy bear explosions

Posted on July 12, 2009

Chemistry is cool:

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Optical illusions and visual phenomena

Posted on July 10, 2009

Check out Michael Bach’s amazing and expansive collection of optical illusions. Some of them will undoubtedly be familiar to you from your youth, and you’ve probably also seen a couple of the more sophisticated ones on computers more recently. But … Continue reading →

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Expensive running shoes are a waste of money and make us injury-prone

Posted on April 24, 2009

So claims one Christopher McDougall in a new book, Born To Run. The book was largely inspired by his discovrery of the Tarahumara indians of Mexico, a reclusive tribe populated by the greatest long-distance runners in the world. Read Random … Continue reading →

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