Tag: science

Tom Lehrer’s "The Elements" Song

Watch singer-songwriter, satirist, pianist, and mathematician Tom Lehrer perform ‘The Elements’ song live from Copenhagen in 1967. Set to the melody, ”I Am the Very Model of a Modern Major-General” from Gilbert and Sullivan’s 1879 comic opera The Pirates of Penzance, it challenges the speed at which you can recite all of the elements known in the early-1960s.As a bonus, here is Daniel Radcliffe (of…… Continue reading Tom Lehrer’s "The Elements" Song

Hollow Mask Illusion – Royal Institution

How do we perceive faces? With some balloons, newspaper, some paste for paper mâché, and paints, you can create a hollow mask that appears to follow you as you move back and forth around the room. Rachel and her children Eva and Daniel investigate the illusion in this video from The Royal Institution‘s ExpeRimental series, a resource that can help parents set…… Continue reading Hollow Mask Illusion – Royal Institution

NASA’s Women’s Equality Day Video

It was on August 26th, 1920 that the 19th Amendment to the United States Constitution was certified, giving some American women full voting rights. August 26th is now Women’s Equality Day. Designated in 1973, the date celebrates the Women’s Suffrage Movement and underscores the continuing work for equality for women and girls.NASA has marked this persistent effort with a video introduction to eleven…… Continue reading NASA’s Women’s Equality Day Video

Rolling Through the Bay – Scott Weaver

This nine foot tall wooden sculpture of San Francisco was made with glue and 105,387 and a half toothpicks. It was built by Scott Weaver who, stuck at home at the age of 14 with spinal meningitis, started working in earnest on the project and continued on it for 37 years. It has 10 different starting…… Continue reading Rolling Through the Bay – Scott Weaver

Hip-Hop Produces Funky Cheese/Music Affects Aging Cheese Flavor – Smithsonian

From the Smithsonian Magazine:The creation of good cheese involves a complex dance between milk and bacteria. In a quite literal sense, playing the right tune while this dance unfolds changes the final product’s taste, a new study shows. Denis Balibouse and Cecile Mantovani at Reuters report that hip-hop, for example, gave the cheese an especially funky flavor,…… Continue reading Hip-Hop Produces Funky Cheese/Music Affects Aging Cheese Flavor – Smithsonian

Dinosaur Stamps Incoming!

I’m so excited for these new stamps!There will be a total of 16 stamps available, the U.S. Postal Service said. “‘The “Nation’s T. rex,’ the young adult depicted on two of the stamps, was discovered on federal land in Montana and is one of the most studied and important specimens ever found,” postal service officials said…… Continue reading Dinosaur Stamps Incoming!

Female Illustrators in Natural History Coloring Book (2019) – Biodiversity Heritage Library

Find the Coloring Book HERECurtis’s Botanical Magazine, v. 143 (1917) – Matilda SmithThe Cactaceae, v. 1 (1919) – Mary Emily EatonA Synopsis of the Birds of Australia (1837) – Elizabeth GouldIllustrations of British Mycology, ser.1 (1847) – Frances ReedIndigenous Flowers of the Hawaiian Islands (1885) – Isabella McHutcheson SinclairPoems on Conchology and Botany (1831) – Sarah HoareTitle: Poissons Provenant des Campagnes…… Continue reading Female Illustrators in Natural History Coloring Book (2019) – Biodiversity Heritage Library

Sunfish in the Galapagos – BBC Earth

In this exciting moment from the BBC’s Mission Galápagos, Liz Bonnin joins marine biologist Tierney Thys and MV Alucia submersible pilot Mark ‘Buck’ Taylor in what looks like a Triton 3300/3 submersible. At 82 meters (269 feet) below the water’s surface, they spot a gentle giant: The Mola Mola.The ocean sunfish or common mola (Mola mola) is the heaviest known bony fish in the…… Continue reading Sunfish in the Galapagos – BBC Earth