Science
Science: How An Astronaut Washes Her Hair In Space (Video)
August 21, 2017
This is pretty cool. Simple personal hygiene is it’s own challenge in space. And once I got past my silly, “Hey look, she’s going Super Saiyan!” and “PikaaaCHUUUU!” (hahaaa) in-mind commentary, I watched again to see what was going to happen with all that water floating around in there.
Very interesting!
– @ojones1
Posted in Human Interest, Science, Travel, Videos | 
Tags: astronauts, hygiene, Seeker, washing hair | 
No Comments »
Debunking The Myth Of Women’s Fast-Ticking “Biological Clock” (Video)
August 15, 2017
Hahaaa! She said she’s gotta get baking before her oven breaks down. Easy lady. Take it easy. Experts agree that you can still have a baby after 35. Above, Adam tells you why.
(You should know the ‘how’ by now.)
The data that “modern” fertility advice is based on is actually straight-up medieval.
– College Humor
– @ojones1
Need For High-Speed: The Hyperloop One Transportation Concept (Video)
August 10, 2017
Okay. So all we need to do is get a bunch government agencies and companies to push the design, manufacture, implementation, and maintenance of a high-speed magnetic transport tube tech that can be loaded and unloaded while maintaining a vacuum that allows for the minimal resistance supersonic travel. Admittedly, no small feat. But look. We now see proof that it can be done!
(Click the pic or hit the jump to watch the video clip.)
Posted in Science, Technology, Videos | Tags: high-speed transit, high-speed transportation, Hyperloop, Hyperloop One, Mag-lev, magnetic levitation, Pod Meets Tube | No Comments »
Technology: Tiny Device Could Heal Even Brain Injuries With Just A Touch (Video)
August 9, 2017
Wow. So instead of harvesting stem cells that can become any cell needed for medical care & repairs, just create a dime-sized device that can tailor most any cell. Great tech!
A new device has been developed at The Ohio State University, which turns cells into other types of cells required for treating diseased conditions. During testing, one touch completely repaired injured legs of mice over three weeks!
– USA Today
Food/Science: This Seaweed Tastes Just Like Bacon (Video)
August 7, 2017
Nope. Didn’t stutter. At all. But if this becomes real enough for me to taste it, I just might.
(Stutter. I just might stutter… Because, I’m DEFINITELY gonna taste the baco-weed if and when it hits the market! No ‘might’ about it.)
– @ojones1
Posted in Food, Health and Wellness, Human Interest, Science, Videos | Tags: algae, Dulse, Genetic Engineering, GMO, NowThis, NowThis Future, Seaweed, Seaweed Tastes Like Bacon | No Comments »
Batteries Not Included: Cell Phone Powered By Light And Radio Waves (Video)
August 2, 2017
Alright. I will tell you from the start that this is NOT going to be anywhere near as badass as your super-duper-smartphone. But if you spend your time picking at what this cell phone cannot do, you will miss appreciating the glorious technological step forward it represents. The holy grail of power systems is developing a perpetual motion-driven energy source (does not exist), but a very acceptable step down from that is powering things with virtually limitless source energy (like solar). BUT… what if we took a half step down and eliminated the need for a power source altogether? THAT is where THIS is going!
Researchers at the University of Washington have created a cell phone that uses so little power, it never needs to charge and doesn’t have a battery. Instead, it pulls power from ambient light and radio waves.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Save The Date: The ‘Eclipse Across America’ Occurs On August 21st (Trailer)
July 25, 2017
Just imagine back when eclipses were ‘magical’ events, mysteries that caused anxiety in the hearts of all around when they happened unexpectedly. But not today, we predict when they are coming… even tell you how to get the best look at them… But this ‘Eclipse Across America’ is one of those that still might cause a ‘stir’ within even the most experienced observers of eclipses.
On August 21st, as the Earth, Moon and Sun align, a total solar eclipse will blaze a brilliant path across the continental United States. For millions, it will be a once-in-a-lifetime experience. Make the most of it with our new exclusive 4-part series, where we reveal the best way to watch, dive deep into the science, and explore the high-tech experiments ready to capture the event.
– CuriosityStream
Watch the trailer for this documentary mini-series.
– @ojones1
Posted in EVENTS, Film, Investigation, Science, Series, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Curiosity Stream, CuriosityStream, Eclipse, Eclipse Across America, solar eclipse, total solar eclipse | No Comments »
Learn About Humanity’s Journey Out Of Africa And Into The Wider World In The “Great Human Odyssey” (Trailer)
July 5, 2017
Humanity started in Africa. We’re on the same page with that, right. Science!
But let’s go deeper in depth with NOVA’s and PBS’ help. How did ancient humans make their ways to all corners of the Earth; not only surviving Africa but leaving it and coming to thrive as distant disparate populations in the various regions in which they finally settled? HUGE question. And there are more that will be addressed in the “Great Human Odyssey” documentary (available on PBS, and now on Netflix).
Posted in Education, Film, History, Investigation, Science, Television, Trailer, Videos | Tags: Great Human Odyssey, Great Human Odyssey Preview, Netflix, NOVA, PBS, Public Broadcasting Service | No Comments »
Mars: To Boldly Go Where No Human Has Gone Before, Space X Will Need To Get A Lander Up And The Cost Of Relocating To Mars Down (Video)
July 5, 2017
Wow, so SpaceX is launching its manned Mars lander in 2020? Wow. The goal of ‘making humans a multi-planetary species’ seems kind of far out, and that is the point. Mars is the next planet over, sure, but it ain’t just “next door.” It is far out there.
SpaceX Founder, CEO, and Lead Designer Elon Musk will discuss the long-term technical challenges that need to be solved to support the creation of a permanent, self-sustaining human presence on Mars. The technical presentation will focus on potential architectures for sustaining humans on the Red Planet that industry, government and the scientific community can collaborate on in the years ahead.
– SpaceX
Interesting. Musk is the first big wig in space matters to address why we are trying to just go back to the moon… It is not a good candidate for terraforming (e.g. we cannot make an Earth-like planet of it). Watch the presentation above and read a bit more below.
Posted in Lecture, Science, Technology, Travel, Videos | Tags: colonizing Mars, Elon Musk, Making Humans a Multiplanetary Species, Mars, Mars expedition, Mars exploration, Red Planet, Space X, SpaceX, terraforming, terraforming mars | 1 Comment »
Science: LIGO Can Observe The Gravitational Waves Einstein Predicted Over 100 Years Ago (Video)
July 3, 2017
So, the genius of Einstein is on display once again. But for this bit of knowledge he posited over a century ago, he thought there could never be any real ‘evidence’ to confirm it. Black holes, the collision of black holes, resulting gravitational waves… all fodder for sci-fi books at best in the time of Einstein. Buuuuut…
When Albert Einstein predicted that two colliding black holes could cause gravitational waves in the fabric of space, he was sure to mention he never thought we’d confirm the elusive waves exist. But he was wrong: we did, in 1974, and now scientists are using a giant laser-based experiment called LIGO to try and observe gravitational waves.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Science: When It Comes To A Supernova, How Close Is Too Close For Earth? (Video)
June 12, 2017
Keep calm and realize that stars going supernova happens all the time across the vast universe. It will eventually happen in or near our solar system. But just how close would a supernova would have to be to wipe out life on Earth? Welp, about 50 light years… about 27 times the size of the solar system… away. Soooo, actually not close at all. In fact, 50 light years or nearer and we are totally annihlated. But we can still be galactically eff’d if the supernova is a further out.
Watch. Learn. Breathe.
– @ojones1
How To Find Water In The Desert (Video)
June 9, 2017
Fact about me: I like watching survival shows; though I am in no way claiming expertise at anything I watch. However, I am tucking this bit of ‘expertise’ in the back pocket of my mind… in the VERY unlikely event I find myself stranded in a desert, cut off, without water.
If you ever find yourself lost in the desert, knowing how to quickly find water is going to be key to for your survival. Here’s what you’re going to need to know.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Posted in Advice, Science, Series, Videos | Tags: desert, Here's how to find water if you're ever stuck in the desert, how to find water, Survival, Tech Insider | No Comments »
Food/Science: That’s Not Blood Leaking From Your Steak (Video)
June 8, 2017
If that KRS-ONE line, “Red and bloody, a corpse neatly packed,” hasn’t stopped you from eating steak, this won’t. Hey, enjoy your steak famlam.
(If it has stopped you, can I have yours? I love a good steak!)
Raw steaks usually have a natural, blood-like liquid in their packaging. Although its red coloring looks a lot like blood, that liquid is not what it seems.
– Tech Insider
Aha! Thought this clip was gonna go ‘anti-artificial’ on you, right? Interesting video. A couple of things: Bloodlike liquid (wtf) and… those percentages don’t add up to 100 (hahaa, thanks to Youtube commenters/fact-checkers for catching that).
– @ojones1
Posted in Food, Science, Videos | Tags: Bloodlike liquid, ice crystals, iron, myoglobin, not leaking blood, red liquid in steak, steak, Tech Insider, what that red liquid really is | No Comments »
Science: Even Einstein’s Blunders Help Explain The Universe’s Wonders (Video)
June 6, 2017
Even Einstein’s bad ideas end up being pretty darn good.
– Brian Greene
Ha! This kind of reminds me of Dr. McCoy’s line in Star Trek IV: The Voyage Home, where he told Spock that Captain Kirk trusted his guesses more than most people’s facts. We can’t even count out the theorems that Albert Einstein tosses out; they might be right.
Brian Greene, Columbia University physicist and co-founder of the World Science Festival, explains how today’s physicists and mathematicians use an Einsteinian formula to explain the universe that Einstein himself originally thought was false.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Science: How Long Could You Survive In Space Without A Spacesuit? (Video)
June 1, 2017
Okay, I don’t mean it for real for real… but if you actually DO think you could live any significant amount of time in space, kill yourself. This video will show you a spectacular (read: awful) way to do so in the cold vacuum of space.
Why are astronauts always wearing those bulky suits? You don’t NEED them, do you? Here’s what would really happen to an exposed human in the void of space.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Gallium: Liquified Metal That Is Safe To Touch (Video)
May 8, 2017
I remember everything in my high school chemistry class coming to a screeching halt… because my teacher saw a couple of students break a glass thermometer and ALMOST try to wipe up the spilled fluid with paper towels left on the lab counter.
(I say ‘screeching’ halt because I still remember/hear/feel her SCREECHING yell, admonishing them not to even touch the spill: “Ainh-ainh-AAARRHHH! That is an old thermometer. Mercury. DO NOT TOUCH IT. Back away!”)
Sheezus! That mercury must be a motherf**ker. I got home and looked it up (in my encyclopedias, like Google in book form, old geeks like me remember using them a lot when we were young… Now what was I talking about? Oh yeah, motherf**king mercury).
Mercury is a metal that is liquid at room temperature. Now, there are lots of liquid metals we KNOW to be dangerous to the touch (because molten HOT). But mercury is not gonna burn you for touching it… Check that. I guess you could say injury or death by a metal that POISONS you because it is neurotoxic is a kind of ‘burn’ right?
So, no touching mercury. But Gallium though… You can touch that. You can do all kinds of stuff with it.
You definitely shouldn’t mess around with mercury, but if you want a safe, similar, tactile experience, a metal called Gallium is widely available online. It’s melting point is about 85 degrees, so with just a little heat, you can turn it from a solid, crystal-like state into a fun, reflective pile of goo. Here’s a look at a few of it’s properties and how it’s used in the real world.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
Posted in Science, Series, Videos | Tags: Chris Snyder, Dave Mosher, gallium, Mystifying metal safe to touch, Tech Insider | No Comments »
Indium: A Metal That You Can Bite (Video)
May 5, 2017
Random factoid: You know real gold is malleable, right? That’s why you see prospectors, exchangers and ‘testers’ biting down on gold nuggets and trinkets. To see if they can ‘dent’ them. See, you can bite a mark into real gold; most other metals, not so much. On that point: You can bite indium, too. It is much softer than gold though; in fact, the softest metal you can hold in your hand! Watch the clip above. Learn what you can do to and with a bit of indium.
– @ojones1
Posted in Education, Science, Videos | Tags: Bite, Chemical, Chemical Experiments, Experiments, Indium, Metal, Thoisoi2 | No Comments »
Neil deGrasse Tyson Talks About The ‘Pale Blue Dot’ And Our Place In The Universe (Video)
May 4, 2017
I remember a show on TV growing up called “Big Blue Marble” that hinted at the smallness of planet Earth compared to the vastness of space; but it still referred to it as the ‘biggest marble’ in the game. But…BUT… watch modern science guy Neil deGrasse Tyson show us just how small our home is as a place in the universe… but still let us know that we are STILL special.
– @ojones1
Posted in Celebrity, Comedy, Education, Interview, Science, Television, Videos | Tags: Astrophysics for People in a Hurry, Cosmos, Earth, Neil deGrasse Tyson, Neil deGrasse Tyson Puts Earth's Smallness Into Perspective, pale blue dot, Stephen Colbert, The Late Show, The Late Show With Stephen Colbert | No Comments »
Education: What Is ‘Infinity’… Really? (Video)
May 1, 2017
I know you are, but what I am I… I know you are, but what am I… Infinity!
If you had a nerdy Peewee’s Playhouse-watching friend (like me) growing up – or if you were that friend – then you instantly got the reference AND significance to the quote above. Hit the jump if you need clueing in. Ahhh, Peewee Herman: debate champ and math scholar. Hahaaaa! Invoking the concept of infinity to shut down a hater. Science!
Infinity is an elusive concept that can often be difficult to comprehend. In order to better define what infinity actually is, we brought in Eugenia Cheng, a mathematician and the author of “Beyond Infinity.”
Hands up if you ever countered someone with ‘infinity plus one’ though. C’monnnnn, you can admit it. That’s the paradox!
(Well, this gives new meaning to Souls Of Mischief’s “93 Til Infinity”…maybe).
– @ojones1
Posted in Education, History, Lecture, Science, Videos | Tags: A mathematician explains infinity, Eugenia Cheng, Infinity, MATHEMATICS, set theory, Tech Insider | No Comments »
Science: A 300-Year-Old River In Canada Vanished In Just 4 days (Video)
May 1, 2017
Wow. A river dried up about as fast as a big puddle after a heavy rain! Because a glacier retreated too fast. Because climate change (e.g. global warming) some scientists believe.
One of Canada’s rivers has vanished. The Slims River has been flowing through Canada for 300 years, but in 2016 something happened that caused it to vanish in the blink of an eye. In just four days, the river dipped in height so much that it could not recover. Today, the only evidence of the Slims River is its empty, thirsty channel. Scientists attribute the river’s disappearance to our warming climate and predict that future rivers may suffer the same fate.
– Tech Insider
– @ojones1
