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laughingsquid:

Parallel Universes: Many Worlds, by MinutePhysics

Yup. So, if this theory is true, then our universe operates on a form of fate with perceived free will. Because, in order for our universe to be our universe, every quantum decision would have to be the way that our universe would have it be, or it would be a different universe. Yup. Mind blowing.  

laughingsquid:

Mantis, A Piloted 2-Tonne Hexapod Robot

This is pretty cool. I wouldn’t mind driving this. Or engineering it. 

laughingsquid:

Mantis, A Piloted 2-Tonne Hexapod Robot

This is pretty cool. I wouldn’t mind driving this. Or engineering it. 

discoverynews:

Navy Ship Shoots Down Drone With Laser Blaster
Star Wars fanatics who’ve longed for the days of fleets of laser-equipped vessels blasting enemies out of the sky and sea, your ship has quite literally come in.

yup, this is a pretty cool adaptation of the 747 mounted experimental laser

discoverynews:

Navy Ship Shoots Down Drone With Laser Blaster

Star Wars fanatics who’ve longed for the days of fleets of laser-equipped vessels blasting enemies out of the sky and sea, your ship has quite literally come in.

yup, this is a pretty cool adaptation of the 747 mounted experimental laser

Remove all the space within the atoms making up the human body, and every person that’s ever lived would fit inside a baseball.

- Brian Greene (via parislemon)

This is seriously mind blowing.

(Source: jkottke)

laughingsquid:

Quadrotor in a Faraday Cage Flies Between Two Tesla Coils

So many science!

yup. 

yup. 

(Source: wilwheaton)

Apr 3
buddhabrot:




The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Menby Jon Clinkenbeard
If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health effects whatsoever, and 100 percent effectiveness. The funny thing is, something like that currently exists.
The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years…
Oh, and when you do decide you want those babies, it only takes one other injection of water and baking soda to flush out the gel, and within two to three months, you’ve got all your healthy sperm again.
The trouble is, most people don’t even know this exists. And if men only need one super-cheap shot every 10 years or more, that’s not something that gets big pharmaceutical companies all fired up, because they’ll make zero money on it (even if it might have the side benefit of, you know, destroying HIV).




i think about this all the time and it gets me so fucking mad

Would it wipe out HIV? Pretty sure HIV is carried in semen, not sperm…

buddhabrot:

The Best Birth Control In The World Is For Menby Jon Clinkenbeard

If I were going to describe the perfect contraceptive, it would go something like this: no babies, no latex, no daily pill to remember, no hormones to interfere with mood or sex drive, no negative health effects whatsoever, and 100 percent effectiveness. The funny thing is, something like that currently exists.

The procedure called RISUG in India (reversible inhibition of sperm under guidance) takes about 15 minutes with a doctor, is effective after about three days, and lasts for 10 or more years…

Oh, and when you do decide you want those babies, it only takes one other injection of water and baking soda to flush out the gel, and within two to three months, you’ve got all your healthy sperm again.

The trouble is, most people don’t even know this exists. And if men only need one super-cheap shot every 10 years or more, that’s not something that gets big pharmaceutical companies all fired up, because they’ll make zero money on it (even if it might have the side benefit of, you know, destroying HIV).

i think about this all the time and it gets me so fucking mad

Would it wipe out HIV? Pretty sure HIV is carried in semen, not sperm…

mylips-missyours:

hnnhslvs:



Slow Motion: Camera Flash Bulb Shot at 1052 FPS


that’s the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen

This is new most favorite gif omg.

science!

mylips-missyours:

hnnhslvs:


Slow Motion: Camera Flash Bulb Shot at 1052 FPS

that’s the most beautiful thing i’ve ever seen

This is new most favorite gif omg.

science!

maddiecanfly:

Ten Percent of U.S. High School Students Graduating Without Basic Object Permanence Skills

A new study finds that many American students do not realize that objects continue to exist even when they cannot be seen or heard.

well, I mean, technically… Schrodinger’s cat… so…

(Source: itsvondell)

Mar 5
laughingsquid:

European Space Agency Proposes 3D Printing a Moon Base out of Lunar Soil

God damn, this is just a wonderful idea. 

laughingsquid:

European Space Agency Proposes 3D Printing a Moon Base out of Lunar Soil

God damn, this is just a wonderful idea.