Category Archives: Cool Stuff

5.14.2013

by Mike Weaver

Miniature Skeleton: Not an alien

I saw this report last week. The buzz was up about Ata, a tiny (12cm) skeleton found about 10 years ago in the Atacama desert in Chile. The story of Ata has come to light with a recent UFO documentary, / read more…

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5.10.2013

by Dani Johnson

Going to Mars with MAVEN

The Mars Rovers have shown us that minerals exist on Mars that only form in the presence of water. This discovery confirms the idea that the barren planet used to have potentially life-bearing water on its surface. Right now, the / read more…

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4.20.2013

by Eric Hall

Skepticism and Science for Kids

This week I thought I’d break away from more serious themes and talk a little about introducing my children to science and skepticism. Whenever my kids ask me science questions, I try to make sure I give them a correct / read more…

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4.19.2013

by Dani Johnson

7 Interesting Things About Our Solar System

The Solar System is a fascinating place, but it’s easy to be overwhelmed by its gargantuan size and the massive amount of data we have on everything we can gather data from. I have compiled a list of 7 things / read more…

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4.13.2013

by Chad Jones

What is beauty?

What does the word “beauty” bring to your mind? A pretty face, a flower, a mountain range, or even a sound can be easily described as beautiful. While I won’t disagree with any of these, today I’d like to share / read more…

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4.10.2013

by Jennie Burd

So You Want To Go To Mars?

This year, a number of privately run organizations have been publicizing plans for manned missions to Mars, making the Curiosity rover feel undervalued and generally morose. But if you’re like me and you’ve spent a significant amount of time gorging / read more…

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3.31.2013

by Jennie Burd

The Spawn of Satan: A Brief History of Monstrous Birth in Literature and Film

Let’s face facts. Children, especially the evil ones, are scary. With their violent crayon drawings and sinister grins, evil children are the darlings of the horror genre. Evil babies and fetuses have inspired far fewer nightmarish vignettes. A child is / read more…

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3.31.2013

by Chad Jones

Come join me for AskScience Live!

About 1. 5 years ago I started a blog called “The Collapsed Wavefunction“. At the time the only reason I was doing it was to improve my writing skills. I had learned the hard way (failed grant proposals) that writing / read more…

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The beauty of a graph

Last week I wrote about how one image can say more than a thousand words, and this in the context of history. But it’s also applicable in other sciences, and it’s a great way to communicate science to a greater / read more…

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3.30.2013

by Chad Jones

Statistics are weird…

Intuition, in science, can often get you into a lot of trouble. Things like the wave/particle duality described in quantum mechanics, horseshoe orbits, and relativity seem to bend our minds in ways they just don’t want to go. An implicit / read more…

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