A Fated Collision

Science in a Can is one of my favorite blogs: one paragraph articles explaining the universe. What more could a girl ask for? Stunning photographs and a great paragraph from Continue reading →

50 Years of Space Exploration

In one stunning infographic. (Source: Infographics Only)

Rest in Space, Neil.

Rest in space, Neil Armstrong. With a footprint on the Moon you made a permanent mark on Earth. Thank you for every single one of your small steps. Love, Jane

Tesla. So Hot Right Now. Tesla.

A Brief History of the Nikola Tesla Phenomenon It all started, ostensibly, with a post on The Badass of the Week way back in 2009, then a comic from The Oatmeal Continue reading →

The Best Pickup Line. Ever.

There are quite a few reasons I love my sister, but sending me this photo is definitely in the top 3.

Planet Destroyed by its Own Star

Today from Astronomy Magazine: “An international team of astronomers has discovered the first evidence of a planet’s destruction by its aging star. The evidence indicates that the missing planet was devoured Continue reading →

Brittany Wenger is a Boss

This may be old news, but Brittany Wenger–the 17-year-old who snagged the top prize at this year’s Google Science Fair–is a boss. She built an artificial neural network that can Continue reading →

A Few of My Favorite Things: Black Holes

I’m Jane, and it has been 5 months since my last drunk Amazon purchase. I remember waking up one April morning to the sound of my buzzer and stumbling, still Continue reading →

Walks v. Space Walks

Every morning I wake up at 6am to go for a run. This morning, however, I was feeling a little tired after staying up way too late last night editing, Continue reading →

WISE: finding invisible hazardous flying space rocks

Worried that an asteroid is going to smash into Earth one day? You should be. There are as many as 6,200 near-Earth asteroids in our galaxy’s main asteroid belt, and Continue reading →

We Are Engineers + Scientists

I’ve never been a fan of Reddit (I know, I know; don’t shoot!) but I am a fan of this IAmA…AMA (I Am A…Ask Me Anything) with engineers + scientists from the Mars Continue reading →

Three Pendulum Rotary Harmonograph

Thanks to Ben for sending this my way. Here’s what Karl Sims (the guy who built this bad boy) has to say about it: “A harmonograph is a mechanical device Continue reading →

DNA: Database of the New Age

From my other blog, the long one: The other day, my uncle asked me if my other uncle was “inventing yottabytes.” I took the question more literally than I should Continue reading →

Watch the Universe Unfold

“Watch the universe unfold…in 1.5 minutes.” - The Atlantic This video from the Sloan Digital Sky Survey is part of an ongoing project that will eventually capture images from over 1.5 million Continue reading →

If I Wore Jewelry…

…I would totally wear a necklace with a stack of books or a caffeine molecule. Awesome.

How Big is Infinity?

Great video from TEDEd. A few things to keep in mind: – The Continuum Hypothesis (CH) actually states: there is no set whose cardinality is strictly between that of the integers Continue reading →

Why I Still Really Like Jonah Lehrer

A post from my other blog that I need to share: Why I Still Really Like Jonah Lehrer. On Monday a friend posted this link on my wall: Jonah Lehrer Resigns Continue reading →

Douglas Hofstadter on Holden Caulfield

Or: Douglas Hofstadter on Symbols of Selves What was the nature of the “Holden Caulfield symbol” in J. D. Salinger’s brain during the period when he was writing Catcher in Continue reading →

Wind Map

I could probably stare at this wind map from Hint.fm for hours. The software takes hourly forecasts from the National Forecast Database to generate “the delicate tracery of wind flowing Continue reading →

The Clock Clock

(Source: Humans Since 1982)

Landing Curiosity: Seven Minutes of Terror

This video from NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory has all the heart-pounding intensity of a Christopher Nolan trailer. And it’s real-life. I love science. Landing Curiosity: Seven Minutes of Terror (Source: NASA JPL)

Vaughn Bryant, Honey Detective

Honey counterfeiters beware. Vaughn Bryant, the Texas A&M University anthropology professor that moonlights as a honey detective, is determined to keep counterfeit honey off the shelf. Testing hundreds of samples each Continue reading →

The Next Time You Have an Hour and a Half to Spare…

…make sure you watch Richard Feynman: No Ordinary Genius. This wonderful documentary reveals Richard Feynman at his best, his most curious and his most charming, his most humble and certainly his Continue reading →

Noisy Jelly

NOISY JELLY from Raphaël Pluvinage on Vimeo. Noisy Jelly is a game created by Raphaël Pluvinage and Marianne Cauvard in which players cook their own musical instruments — jelly, made with water, Continue reading →

Data Never Sleeps