When Chad Pugh was commissioned to do a redesign of an illustration for Vimeo login, he decided to take a screenshot every five seconds. Here’s a mesmerizing time lapse video of a process spanning 40 hours of drawing condensed into under 7 minutes. picked by TheJehosephat 4 months ago

Check out some unique science facts about different areas of science. picked by Mershaullk 2 years ago

Think you know a thing or two about science? Take our short quiz to determine if you'd pass an 8th grade science test. picked by 2longdogs 5 months ago

Do you know you can Hypnotize Chickens, you can have an erection once dead?...Stuff you may not have known about science and some of the crazy things you can do, things your body is capable of doing that you may not have known. picked by cjmei 1 year ago

On the 28 June, The Science Education Act was passed as law in the State of Louisiana. This piece of legislature now allows teachers in this US state to present non-scientific alternatives to evolution, global warming and cloning – including ideas related to intelligent design. Opponents fear that Louisiana teachers are now free to present evolution and other targeted topics as matters of de... read full post picked by bingo 1 month ago

A fellow Plimate, Snocrash, has a website called Homebrewed Science that you might find interesting.
It is a new community that encourages discussion and experimentation on science projects you can do at home. Read it for enjoyment, read it for education, check it out today. picked by 2manyusernames 10 months ago

They call it resuscitation science. It's a new area of research at the University of Pennsylvania, where a Center for Resuscitation Science opened less than a year ago, and where the line between life and death is shifting. picked by deepchill 7 months ago

I'm not exactly sure what to make of this, but if the facts are correct, then this could eventually change the world. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

I knew some of these couldn't be true. picked by Mershaullk 1 year ago

Wonderpizza Machine dispenses a hot crispy pizza in three different choices, served on a practical tray in less then 2 minutes!
The first machine's part is a refrigeration unit, the second one houses an electrical oven (NO MICROWAVE). Each vending machine holds up to 102 pizzas in three different flavours. picked by 2manyusernames 1 year ago

A four-year-old boy was stuck in a vending machine for almost an hour in a sportsman's club south-east of Melbourne. picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

As an anthropology professor at the University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, the Fulbright honoree has relied on bird's-eye views of the rural French countryside to find archeological excavation sites for over 25 years. Getting these views, however, often required snapping photos through rented airplane windows during low-level flyovers, an expensive process he describes as "extremely ineff... read full post picked by AutumnLotus 1 year ago

Drunken dog owner Andrew Glazzard killed his pet by putting it into a washing machine “to teach it a lesson” after it made a mess, a court heard. picked by doggylives 4 months ago

How far has the United States risen above the gathering storm of global competition in science? Not nearly far enough, warned a succession of luminaries at a symposium held today by the U.S. National Academies. picked by lsojunkie 4 months ago

Science fiction writer Alastair Reynolds is in a prime position to look dispassionately at the present and project into the future, having spent 12 years as an astronomer with the European Space Agency (Esa).

Books apparently blurring the science:fiction boundary as well as the present:future boundary. Has anybody out there read any of these? picked by rambler 1 year ago

Robots and humans always seem to end up at odds, whether it's battling over pieces of NASA's budget or literally fighting in science fiction stories such as "The Matrix" and "Battlestar Galactica." Now a former NASA historian and an American University professor suggest that the future of space exploration could very well depend on a merging of metal and flesh. picked by AutumnLotus 5 months ago

Bendito Machine was created for the "Festival International du Cinema d' Animation." picked by ogri2003 1 year ago

Extremely cool science tattoos picked by Hypersapien 4 months ago

The 2007 Materials Research Society (MRS) Fall Meeting concluded in Boston on November 30. This was the first time that the popular Science as Art competition was held at an MRS Fall Meeting. Three first place and three second place winners were selected from the various entries. Some of the images are from the nanotechnology domain but most are micro-scale. picked by leopoldogolba 8 months ago

“Explaining Religion”, as the project is known, is the largest-ever scientific study of the subject. Science and religion have often been at loggerheads. Now the former has decided to resolve the problem by trying to explain the existence of the latter. Non-believing scientists look at the advantages of belief.. picked by bearsuit 5 months ago