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more about #education Briareosdx: If more physics lessons were taught by roller girls in short-shorts, I think we'd find a solution to the shortage of engineers. more » Purple Dave: I keep hoping that one of these videos will actually show one of the things attempting to fly, but so far they haven't delivered. more » Bigdamnhero: Awwww. Poor butterfly can't fly. Where is the oxygen tank and the air jets under its wings? more » Belabras: According to what I've read, they've had butterflies in space before, but the insects never survived the chrysalis stage into adulthood, so this is pr... more » Jdelgadillo23: Wow that's really cool news. But doesn't it seem it's going to lead to the whole "starship troopers" scenario? more » Roklimber: I think it would be interesting to compare the embryonic development of the same species between normal gravity and micro gravity, since (as I recall ... more » ProfessorSara: That is very cool. I feel like this will be the basis for Lady Gaga's next video. more » Ruthless, If you let me: And so a new Mothra is born. more » foolish-rain: Cannot wait to "adapt" this to my classroom! #books more » mikecap: I bet those lines on her head are sense organs for sonar or those type of ridges that sharks have... #books more » J_Frank_Parnell: That picture is going to haunt my dreams tonight. #books more » Meirelle: What a steaming pile of horse shit. Texas can rot in hell. more » Scott M. Schwartz: The big bang is a theory just like all the others. Hell, there's no direct evidence the earth's core is molten. Theory. Why not let 'em all in and let... more » Don't Make Me Ang Lee. You wouldn't like me when I'm Ang Lee.: The great part is that this is basically Idiocracy 2, writing itself. Using McLeroy's (really?) special brand of magic monkey science, I've fixed all ... more » farcast: And what are birds? We just don't know. more » Balius: To play the devil's advocate, isn't it theorized that before the Big Bang there was a Big Crunch, and whole thing is a cycle that's happened many time... more » twDarkflame: Sciences are sure of their uncertainties, thats what makes science a better way of doing things. It has margins of error. If children are taught scien... more » Grey_Area: I LOVED this post! A roller-coaster of emotion, and very much filled with learning stuff. Cowboys in space fighting evil corporate scientists, what an... more » 92BuickLeSabre: Well, from where they are sitting, they are arguably correct. Texas hasn't changed, adapted, grown, or evolved, in at least 14 Billion Years. more » Cobra-Commander: Sometimes I'm embarrassed to be from this backwards state. Don't think that this represents most Texans however. The problem is that the people in cha... more » -
#rollerderby
Roll Into The LA Dolls' Electrical Derby
Southern California's premiere all-female, banked track roller derby league, the LA Derby Dolls, bring us a fantastic demonstration of electrical principles on their banked track, featuring a great soundtrack. Click through to see their update of roller derby in action. More » -
#galacticbugs
The First Space Butterfly Takes a Test Flight
Yesterday a Painted Lady butterfly emerged from its chrysalis and flapped its wings - in microgravity on the International Space Station. It was the first butterfly to be born and survive in microgravity. More » -
#biology
You Can Learn From One Of Science Fiction's Greatest Biologists Online
Joan Slonczewski is one of the few science-fiction authors who's also a biology professor. She's teaching a Biology In Science Fiction course at Kenyon College, using Tribbles, Dune and Jurassic Park to teach biological principles, and you can join in. More » -
#education
Texas Officially Makes The Universe Ageless
How old is the universe? Scientists agree that the answer is somewhere around 14 billion years (give or take a few million)... unless you happen to be a student in the state of Texas. More »
