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Scientific Breakthrough of the Day: True Perpetual Motion Machine

Soon the dark days of humanity’s reliance upon fossil fuels will be at an end. Science - is there anything it can’t do? Cat plus toast equals miracles.

There’s more water on Europa than there is on Earth

As vast and deep as the oceans look to us, compared to the rest of our rocky planet, our mighty oceans are but a thin skin of water . In the above illustration from the USGS above, you can see that all of Earth’s water, if condensed into a single ball, would only be half as wide as the US. Europa on the other hand, has quite a bit more. There goes the sci-fi stories about aliens invading Earth to get our precious water.

Explore the great pyramids of Egypt in your browser with Giza 3D

There is no shortage of information out there on the Great Pyramids of Egypt, but if you want an in-depth 3D exploration of the pyramids at Giza in your browser, you can take a look at Giza 3D.

TED talk of the day: Hans Rosling explains population growth with a few stones in a very short period of time

In less than sixty seconds, using nothing but a couple handfuls of stones and some pithy exposition, statistician Hans Rosling delivers an impromptu talk about how population growth and economic stratification will change in the coming decades.

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The SpaceX Dragon capsule is now attached to the ISS, watch it live

The actual docking (spaceship sex) happened at around 930am EST this morning, but the UStream live feed is up, so you can see the Dragon capsule snugly attached to side of the ISS with the video link below. This is history being made, even if it looks kind of boring. Okay, so little is boring in space, but there isn’t much going on from the outside.

Japan and Russia reveal plans to build a permanent base on the Moon

China has talked about building a permanent moon base, and now Japan and Russia want to jointly get in on the action. This past week, the two countries announced plans to put permanent bases up there. Where’s America on this? If only Newt were president, he’d do it.

Everything you’ve wanted to know about the etiquette of taking a crap at the opera in the early 1800s

These days, theaters of all kinds come equipped with clean and (mostly) sanitary restrooms for everyone’s convenience. In 1830s London however, people were not so lucky. So what exactly did you do in 1830 if you were at a play or opera and really had to evacuate that turtle head? Some guy wrote a book about the subject, in case you were wondering.

Piezoelectric viruses create electricity when pinched

One day in the future, you may have batteries that create electricity in a pinch. Literally, in a pinch. Researchers at Berkley Labs have created a piezoelectric energy system using the natural properties of the M13 bacteriophage virus to create small batteries that make electricity when squeezed.

SpaceX launch goes off smoothly, NASA calls it a “new era” in spaceflight

After a delay last week, SpaceX’s Falcon 9 rocket blasted off from Cape Canaveral early this morning with an unmanned ship bringing supplies to the International Space Station. NASA called the launch a “new era” in spaceflight, as it hopes to eventually outsource such missions to private companies.

Endangered animals video of the day: “Rare: Portraits of America’s Endangered Species”

Earth’s biodiversity is vanishing at an alarming rate. This video from National Geographic photographer Joel Sartore shows what we stand to lose.

Photos from today’s solar eclipse. Did you see it? Did you get any good photos?

Being on the east coast of the US, I didn’t see an eclipse this year, but if you live in Japan or in the southwestern US, you probably got a chance to get a rare glimpse at this event. Here are a few photos from around the world of the eclipse, and if you have any, feel free to post them below and I’ll add them to the pile.

The sarcastic fringehead isn’t sarcastic, and if you call it “fringehead”, it will bite your face off

Nature is pretty awesome, but it’s also frequently horrifying.

This morning’s SpaceX launch to the ISS scrapped at the last minute

Early this morning, SpaceX was supposed to launch an unmanned vehicle to hook up with the International Space Station, but due to minor technical problems, the launch was scrapped. The earliest SpaceX will be able to try again will be Tuesday.

A simple explanation on the craziness of oil prices

Why are oil prices rising and costs going through the roof? Seems like every time the economy starts to get stronger, oil prices go way up, and then the economy crashes again. In his book The Third Industrial Revolution, Jeremy Rifkin reveals the truth about the tie between our economy’s health and gas prices.

Posts tagged with ‘the more you know’

There’s more water on Europa than there is on Earth

Explore the great pyramids of Egypt in your browser with Giza 3D

The SpaceX Dragon capsule is now attached to the ISS, watch it live

Japan and Russia reveal plans to build a permanent base on the Moon

Everything you’ve wanted to know about the etiquette of taking a crap at the opera in the early 1800s

Piezoelectric viruses create electricity when pinched

SpaceX launch goes off smoothly, NASA calls it a “new era” in spaceflight

Photos from today’s solar eclipse. Did you see it? Did you get any good photos?

This morning’s SpaceX launch to the ISS scrapped at the last minute

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