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What Is A Dinosaur And What Isn’t?
There’s a lot of confusion out there about what is and isn’t a dinosaur. And you’d be forgiven for being kinda confused. Maybe paleontologists are just messing with us. Or… maybe the question of what is and isn’t a dinosaur … Continue reading
Has confinement turned us all into hikikomori? – ScienceBlog.com
After two months of lockdown, have we become like the hikikomori – the Japanese youngsters who choose to live in isolation, shunning the outside world? Natacha Vellut, a psychosociologist at the CERMES3 laboratory and co-author of a book on the … Continue reading
I Dipped my Hand into Boiling Hot Oil – Leidenfrost Effect?
Dipping hand in boiling hot oil to demonstrate physical properties! Check out Prideland on PBS Voices: https://youtu.be/ZETEru4Xepk Check out PBS Deep Look https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-3S… Check out PBS Above the Noise https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4K1… Water in Boiling Oil – Nick Moore Check Out Nick’s … Continue reading
Can Viruses Travel Between Planets?
With the global pandemic of Covid 19 still encompassing the word, we are generally not big fans of viruses right now. But we sure are thinking about them a lot. That’s right, even astrophysicists are pondering these bizarre little critters. … Continue reading
Turbulent Flow is MORE Awesome Than Laminar Flow
Special thanks to: Prof. Beverley McKeon and team https://www.mckeon.caltech.edu Destin from Smarter Every Day https://www.youtube.com/smartereveryday Nicole Sharp from FYFD https://ve42.co/fyfd I got into turbulent flow via chaos. The transition to turbulence sometimes involves a period doubling. Turbulence itself is chaotic … Continue reading
Boiling. We research. You benefit.
Did you know that in microgravity you can better study the boiling process? Boiling is a very common process in our everyday life. For instance, we usually boil water to cook or to clean. The boiling process is common in … Continue reading
Prof Alice Roberts: Why hasn’t evolution made the perfect body?
Alice Roberts, Professor of Public Engagement in Science here at the University, talks about how we are evolved beings, why natural selection doesn’t create perfection and our latest Birmingham Heroes campaign: 21st Century Bodies. You can find out more about … Continue reading
Seeing Things: Visual Disturbances We All Experience
There’s a variety of visual problems and disturbances we all experience on a daily basis. Floaters! Blue entoptic phenomenon! Visual snow! Phosphenes! With simulations, Inés will run through all of them. Inés is a PhD student researching insect flight at … Continue reading
From chaos to free will | Aeon
George Ellis is the Emeritus Distinguished Professor of Complex Systems in the Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics at the University of Cape Town in South Africa. He co-authored The Large Scale Structure of Space-Time (1973) with Stephen Hawking. 4,200 … Continue reading
Some of the World’s Largest (and Most Unusual) Collections
You’ve heard of people collecting toys, sports memorabilia and fine art. But how about smells, colors and human brains? Join us for a “show and tell” with some of the world’s foremost collectors of interesting and, sometimes, unusual things. Our … Continue reading
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