Digging through the web this week, I uncovered all this geeky goodness. You can find the thousands of links from previous weeks here.
I have marked my favorite links with a ∞. Enjoy.
Science to Read, Watch
The most beautiful animal you’ve never seen
“Cigarettes are the most dangerous consumer products ever invented. Saying e-cigs are not as bad is not saying much.â€
The Mephisto Spiral is so simple, but so brain-breaking
∞ How Do Swarming Bats Avoid Crashing Into Each Other?
“Without a diaphragm, humans might not have been able to evolve giant — but oxygen-hungry — brains.”
∞ New study suggests that years of gaming make for better visual learners
A lot of planets may have Tatooine’s sunset
GMOs are Still the Best Bet for Feeding the World
Mathematical Pattern Found in Enigmatic Radio Bursts, But It’s Not E.T.
Scientists Uncover Yet Another Cambrian Weirdo
∞ We’ve solved the mystery of the food coloring drops that chase each other
How do water striders stride across water? With surface tension paddles
NASA’s getting closer to another “flying saucer” test
Why are these bugs moving in sync?
Will You Be Able to Read this Article in 1,000 Years?
∞ “The sheer amount of time parents spend with their kids has virtually no relationship to how children turn out”
The first images of a live giant squid, seen attacking Edith Widder’s light trap. Her TED talk.
A lobster leaves his body
I love when physics is intuitive: a top spins much longer without air resistance
Time lapse of Undulatus Asperatus clouds in Augusta, Georgia
Why some astronauts wanted a shrimp cocktail before every dinner
“Real” vampires know almost nothing of how vampires are depicted in pop culture
That Time an Astronaut Smuggled a Corned Beef Sandwich To Space
CDC Alert: Drug-Resistant Foodborne Illness Spreads in US
How you can be older than your twin
Extreme Nerdery
Alright math teacher dude, this prank would totally brighten my day
∞ Fashion It So, a fashion blog analyzing the costumes of Star Trek TNG
Nielsen ratings for all recent Star Trek episodes
Maybe the Hulk is green because he is one big bruise
As our ability to resolve Jupiter increases…
She’s more like a jumping spider, but undeniably creepy/cool
Kip Thorne hopes that Interstellar might pull students away from Wall Street and into physics
∞ The sales of Cards Against Humanity’s new science pack go towards a scholarship for women in STEM
What if I want to make my burial at space really weird?
Sciencey GIFs and Images
∞ Taking a shower after getting home from a convention
The ingenuity of this eagle is going to ruin your day
Cover an egg in soot and the carbon traps a layer of air
Fiber optic cables are basically near-perfect laser reflectors
∞ A hummingbird angles the feathers on its face to impress with its iridescence
The MythBusters perfectly capture relative velocity in one of my favorite GIFSs
Master pickpocket Apollo Robbins is really a master of attention
Pop Culture Happenings
A Comprehensive Updated List of Every Celebrity Linked to Scientology
∞ The TSA’s profiling techniques have little scientific basis
Another beautiful starling “sky trails” video
The wonder of Reddit, ladies and gentlemen, is the virality of a grilled cheese rant
The world’s most trafficked animal needs our help
“We would know the mind of god,” if there was one.
Computers can’t blur colors correctly because…
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