An indispensable bathroom accessory
Tuesday, March 11th, 2008For otherwise wasted time…
Find out just how entertaining the universe we live in can be! “Uncle John Plunges Into The Universe“>Uncle John Plunges Into the Universe” is an antidote to every textbook that has ever made science seem boring. In Life Sciences he explores the weird solutions that different organisms have devised for their [...]
Lessons in Leverage
Sunday, March 9th, 2008A “simple machine” is a device for overcoming resistance at one point by applying force at some other point. Simple machines are generally classified into six basic categories:
Levers
Wheel and Axle
Pulleys (Block and Tackle)
Inclined Planes
Wedges
Screws
One or more simple machines are usually found at the heart of all modern machinery.
The following illustration demonstrates one of several ways that a lever can be used to effectively reduce [...]
Apocalyptic Fun for Everyone!
Saturday, March 8th, 2008What’s 7 feet long, seats 2 children and has enough nuclear payload to to take out most of the Eastern Seaboard?
A. It’s the Polaris Nuclear Sub! Get yours today!
This reminds me of an earlier post I made about another great vintage doomsday toy; The Atomic Energy Lab.
My Kitty ate my Gyroscope
Friday, March 7th, 2008
My Kitty ate my Gyroscope
A Poem by Science Junkies
I’m just about to give up hope
My kitty ate my gyroscope!
Like a dervish he does spin
across the room and back again
Whirling, twirling like a top
I don’t think he will ever stop!
Gimbal, axis, rotor, string
Not a very tasty thing
Just what possessed my crazy cat
to swallow such a thing [...]
Celebrating Silly Science Since 1991
Thursday, March 6th, 2008
The whole world is already familiar with the Nobel Prize. This post highlights a lesser known, but in my view much more entertaining accolade; the Ig Nobel Prize. The Igs are awarded based on the silliness of their recipient’s scientific achievements more than anything else. The real aim being to first make people laugh, and then make them think.
Reminescent of the [...]
Does Creativity Count for Nothing?
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008If I were the instructor grading these exams, I certainly would have awarded points for sheer originality!
Rhyme and Reason
Tuesday, March 4th, 2008Ever since reading “I Cloned Myself on Friday Night“, I haven’t been able to stop rhyming words (especially in the shower). I think I’m on a poetry binge, heaven help us all! I’ve always loved limericks so here you go…..
A Limerick by Science Junkies
Albert Einstein had quite a proclivity
towards pondering on relativity
his theorems they say
still hold water today
proving his was [...]
Don’t fall for it
Saturday, March 1st, 2008After reading so many clever science poems I felt inspired to write one of my own. Don’t judge it too harshly, It’s my first attempt!
What’s Gravity?
A Poem by Science Junkies
What’s gravity? I’d like to know
A force we cannot see
Gravity affects most things
from A right through to Z
Sir Isaac Newton made a find
when an apple it is said,
fell from a tree [...]
Quit Cloning Around
Thursday, February 28th, 2008Another great poem; this one about cloning….And of course, some facts!
I Cloned Myself on Friday Night
A Poem by Kenn Nesbitt
I cloned myself on Friday night.
By Saturday at three
my clone had made another clone.
They both looked just like me.
They walked like me and talked like me.
They acted like me too.
They wore my clothes and used [...]
Do you find me attractive?
Saturday, February 23rd, 2008
Here’s a really clever poem about magnetism followed by some interesting facts:
I’VE TURNED MAGNETIC
A Poem by Gregory K.
I wish I could’ve turned athletic,
But just my luck… I’ve turned magnetic.
Paper clips fly up to greet me.
Nails, it seems, can’t wait to meet me.
I’m sticking to the baby’s stroller.
Look at me, I’m so bi-polar.
I make the TV [...]
