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A brief (scientific) history of weapons. (Also brilliant)

By Zach Weinersmith, from Medium.

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Nigel Stanford creates a mesmorising collaboration of science and music. #wow

CYMATICS: Science Vs. Music – Nigel Stanford from Nigel Stanford on Vimeo. More on Nigel here. Via Colossal (Thanks Ben!)

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Vortexes: still awesome, and now DIY in your pool. By @thephysicsgirl

This is remarkable for so many different reasons. Definitely worth watching. Definitely worth doing (going to see if I can mimic it in my lab with a large water basin). By Physics Girl.

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A Few Words From the Scientist Who Invented Wonder Women’s Invisible Jet.

By DAVID NG First of all, I totally get it. You’re watching Super Friends or reading some Justice League of America comic book, and what do you see? Wonder Woman floating in mid air, in what is...

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Einstein to Curie: “don’t read that hogwash, but rather leave it to the...

In which we see correspondence between Albert Einstein and Marie Curie, essentially telling her that she’s awesome and that she should “ignore the trolls” (or in this case, the “reptiles” – no offence...

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Holy crap! It’s a photo of a weasel riding on the back of a woodpecker!

Photo by Martin Le-May (see here for more details) via io9.

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Cute (although slightly flawed) animated gif of visible light wavelengths.

(Not sure who the original creator is – let me know if anyone finds out). Via Reddit.

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Art plus gravity (or lack thereof)

By Pejac, photos by Gary Van Handley. Via Colossal.

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That THX theme: “Deep Note,” the score and visual wav file

In case, you don’t know what I’m referring to, check out this link. “The THX logo theme consists of 30 voices over seven measures, starting in a narrow range, 200 to 400 Hz, and slowly diverting to...

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1973 analysis suggests that “person on bicycle” equals number one in...

“It is worth asking why such an apparently simple device as the bicycle should have had such a major effect on the acceleration of technology. The answer surely lies in the sheer humanity of the...

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