Ice Cream of the Future
Friday, March 28th, 2008There’s an ongoing joke at our house and it goes something like this:
Hey! does anyone want ice cream?
Sure! What kind?
Why, the ice cream of the future, of course!
For some reason, it strikes us as perversely funny that the founders of Dippin’ Dots should look into the future and see us all strapping on our jet-packs to go […]
If I were an Evil Overlord…
Thursday, March 27th, 2008I would start by following these five simple rules:
My Legions of Terror would have helmets with clear Plexiglas visors, not face-concealing ones that can hide the enemy.
My ventilation ducts would be too small to crawl through.
My noble half-brother whose throne I usurped would be killed, not kept imprisoned in a forgotten cell of my dungeon.
Shooting is not […]
Meanwhile in Middle Earth…
Wednesday, March 26th, 2008A pair of caves on the South Pacific island of Palau has yielded thousands of bones, including the skull of an extinct three-foot-tall people. Excavated in 2006 and 2007, these remains belonged to a race that lived between 2,900 and 1,400 years ago as evidenced by radiocarbon measurements.
The Palau find has fueled much debate within the archaeological community on the relationship the […]
Science and the Urban Legend
Thursday, March 20th, 2008The following are actual science related urban legends that have been circulated as truth - some of them for decades. All have been busted by various sources but as urban legends are wont to do, stubbornly persist to this day. Here are five particularly long-lived legends and the reasons they are BUSTED!
The Legend […]
Recombinant DNA?
Tuesday, March 18th, 2008Yesterday’s post, Sci-Fi Movie Survival Tips, touches on a recurrent theme in sci-fi movies; the manipulation of genetic materials. In the realm of science fiction, tinkering with nature inevitably leads to disaster. Africanized “Killer” Bees demonstrate that this is sometimes true in the real world as well.
Some of the genetic combinations proposed in science fiction movies seem quite absurd indeed. One fails […]
Sci-Fi Movie Survival Tips
Monday, March 17th, 2008My 10-year-old and I love to watch science fiction movies together. Sunday is Sci-Fi Channel day at our house. Just lately we’ve been playing a game where within the first 5 minutes he guesses which characters are going to survive until the end of the movie. I would guess his predictions are […]
Totally One-sided
Saturday, March 15th, 2008Here’s a quick trick to play on your friends and some pretty cool science to know. Cut a 2″ wide strip off the side of a standard letter size sheet of paper so that you have a strip of paper that is 2″ wide and 11″ long. Now ask someone if they can draw a continuous […]
Meet Dexter
Friday, March 14th, 2008Science Junkies now has an official mascot! His name is Dexter and he is our Mad Scientist in residence. Dexter’s (and Science Junkie’s) motto is “Science is Sweet!”
Dexter first turned up on a birthday cake created for us by Susie G’s for our recent Science Party. We had also wanted some cool science-themed cookies for […]
The Horror Must Be Stopped!
Friday, March 14th, 2008Fact: A junior high school student won a science fair by reporting on the dangers of “Dihydrogen Monoxide”.
Ban Dihydrogen Monoxide!
The Invisible Killer
Dihydrogen monoxide is colorless, odorless, tasteless, and kills uncounted thousands of people every year. Most of these deaths are caused by accidental inhalation of DHMO, but the dangers of dihydrogen monoxide do not end there. […]
3/14 is Pi Day!
Thursday, March 13th, 2008March 14th (3/14) is Pi Day. Whether you celebrate by eating pie, throwing a pie or just by reading this post, it’s a worthwhile activity to reflect on this remarkable number!
The diameter of the the above circle is 1 so its circumference = Pi
Pi is one of the most important mathematical constants. Approximately […]
