Kindness in all situations?

1 Oct 20191 Oct 2019

I appreciate that those of you who have asked the question I am about to discuss, have done so in direct messages. It gives me the opportunity to talk in…

Ping f…ing Pong

24 Sep 201916 Sep 2019

Look at this video, please do: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YxRXbV7KrRw I could never move around like this, of course, but I did play well enough to disassemble my joints with the help of…

Extrasomatic knowledge

17 Sep 201915 Sep 2019

Carl Sagan was the one who introduced me to the concept of "extrasomatic knowledge" through one of his books. As it appears, we have grown as a species due to…

Another type of discovery

10 Sep 20199 Sep 2019

When I went to school, I was called "nerd" and "geek" - it was not a good thing. Here, however, it says: "Some of those who self-identify as nerds and…

Who says there’s “fun” in physics?

3 Sep 201925 Aug 2019

Making fun of physics is difficult. Sure, you can go Sitcom-style and make fun of people, the scientists. But making fun of science itself? What's the Sheldon Cooper of actual…

The non-chalance of a Rube-Goldberg cat

27 Aug 201919 Aug 2019

Can you explain to me why this made me laugh so hard? No cat, I believe, has ever expected such a reaction from the inanimate object it tried to push…

What does it take to geek out about…two sticks and a loose connection between them?

20 Aug 201919 Aug 2019

Ah, the double pendulum. Nowadays, with science becoming a bigger and bigger thing, at least in our neck of the woods, these things become rather prevalent in science centers. Why?…

Don’t forget your credit card, Sir!

13 Aug 201912 Aug 2019

Confucius says "Memory is the faculty of the brain by which information is encoded, stored, and retrieved when needed. " Well, no, that's Wikipedia. You know, when you want to…

What does it take to geek out about…leafy trees?

6 Aug 20195 Jul 2019

Kudos to you, if you already knew why leafy trees and Camera Obscura belong together. If not, it's both simple and difficult at once: See, if you let light come…