Legos in Space!
Friday, May 2nd, 2008Two things we love; Legos and Astronauts - what could be better?!
See “Adventures of Lego Spacemen” at Joe Braun Photography. Great Pictures!
A Bad Day at the Lab
Tuesday, April 22nd, 2008
A Bad Day at the Lab
A poem by Science Junkies
Today will live in infamy!
I messed up in the lab you see
I unlocked just one monkey cage
Then had to run and check a gauge
When I returned I was quite shocked
Ten monkey cages were unlocked!
Two monkeys swung from ceiling fans
High-fiving with their feet and hands
Three more had [...]
I’d really like to know more…
Sunday, April 13th, 2008It’s often said that a picture is worth a thousand words. I think that some of these may be worth even more than that! Here are ten pictures of science fair projects that I would love to know more about…
Although some of these science fair projects may seem wacky, professionals in the real world are applying [...]
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 [...]
I was an Inventor
Saturday, March 22nd, 2008
I Was an Inventor
A Poem by Science Junkies
I was an inventor - A genius by trade
Ten thousand amazing devices I’ve made
My Scrub-Vac-O-Mopper replaces the broom,
The mop and the bucket, the Hoover Vacuum
To finish your schoolwork at maximum speed,
The Homework-A-Nator’s the gadget you need!
Who’d offer to cook their own bowl of spaghetti,
When a Noodle-O-Matic stands poised [...]
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 [...]
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. [...]
Fashions in Foil
Wednesday, March 12th, 2008I am endlessly amused by what yesteryear imagined that the world of tomorrow would look like. Why do you suppose they thought we’d be wearing so much aluminum foil in the future - especially in the form of jumpsuits? Elevated radiation levels perhaps?
With that I give you an assortment of funky and fabulous futuristic fashions [...]
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