Category Science

Gravity defying new OKGO video

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OK Go are an indie rock band known for producing some of the most creative and complex music videos to ever go viral. Their newest, ‘Upside Down & Inside Out’, does not disappoint and carries on the bands long tradition of…

Rare purple sea creature captured on film

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This is a siphonophore. Although a siphonophore appears to be a single organism, each specimen is actually a colony composed of many individual animals called zooids. Most colonies are long, thin, transparent pelagic floaters (meaning they normally exist neither close to…

Sharks love metal says science

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This is a great white shark. Terrifying. This is Darkest Hour. Not so terrifying, but much better at playing metalcore. Which is metal, that’s listened to a lot of punk hardcore so it knows how to ‘break it down’, but…

Japan launches two huge floating solar power plants

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Japan just completed and launched two massive floating solar power plants. They will provide electricity to a 1,000 homes without taking any electricity from the grid. These ‘mega-plants’ are part of an initiative by Japan to increase its reliance on…

The stats behind ‘sexting’

If you don’t know what sexting is by now… you really should turn off whatever it is you are reading this on… the internet is no place for you. That’s not to say there is any expectation of being an…

New female condom guarantees orgasm

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This is the VA w.o.w. Ridiculous name, bold claims. The new condom, being developed by IXu LLC, a Michigan-based condom company, can be inserted into the vagina up to eight hours before sex.  It comes with a heart or star-shaped ring which…

Interview: Dr. Neil deGrasse Tyson

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  The broad community of space science has lacked the vocal prowess required to keep both lawmakers from being myopic with our future, and the public informed, educated and engaged. Not an easy undertaking by any means, as that type…