Tag Archives: BBC
Lightest Substance On Earth
What is the lightest human-made substance on Earth? Care to guess its weight? The answer lies in a lab in China. Scientists from Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, China have created a graphene aerogel that weighs a spritely 0.16 milligrams per cubic … Continue reading
BBC Knowledge Explainer DNA
Explaining science in short, concise, and precise information is difficult, but BBC Knowledge Explainer does a pretty good job at it. The video above about DNA is a good example of this. It describes what DNA is and does, as … Continue reading
Russian Meteor
In Russia early this morning, a huge meteor was seen shooting through the sky, shortly followed by a massive sonic boom, damaging windows and setting off car alarms. The compilation video above is from here, and there are many other … Continue reading
Weekly Ramblings – Black Death Albums Ninja Universe
A random Weekly Ramblings this week, full of old (though interesting) news that I never got round to posting about at the time. First up, ninjas! Sort of. Over at Wired Science Blogs, they have the an article on the … Continue reading
Space 2012
2012 has seen a plethora of science pictures of and from space, and they are truly jaw dropping. Starting with the BBC, they have a few images of 2012 as seen from space. These include the capsized cruise ship Costa … Continue reading
Wonders Of Life
A trailer for the new BBC series Wonders of Life, where Professor Brian Cox examines the story of life through physics. Eric Idle (of Monty Python fame) wrote the lyrics to the song, to the tune of his very own Galaxy … Continue reading
Weekly Ramblings – LEGO Crayon Egg Tittles Electricity Language
Another (slightly delayed) Weekly Ramblings! As I seem to have done a fair amount, I’ll start this week off with some LEGO. Specifically, how tall can a LEGO tower physically get (BBC)? Using a hydraulic testing machine, researchers worked out … Continue reading
The Life Of Sir Patrick Moore
No Weekly Ramblings this week. Instead, a tribute to the great astronomer and science presenter Sir Patrick Moore, who passed away aged 89. Sir Patrick Moore, astronomer and broadcaster, dies aged 89 (BBC) Sir Patrick Moore: Chris Lintott’s tribute (BBC) … Continue reading
Weekly Ramblings – Geeky Venn Potatoes Nerd Time Lord Bond
Weeks go by quickly, don’t they? Time for another round of Weekly Ramblings! This one is rather nerdy… Do you know the difference between “nerd” and “geek”? How about “dweeb” and “dork”? Shown after the break below is a handy … Continue reading
BBC Crisis
For those of you living in the UK (and perhaps even for those outside), you undoubtedly have heard of the crisis going on at the BBC. A excellent read about the crisis can be found over at Columbia Journalism Review. … Continue reading
