A plant in Madeira, that’s all.

29 Sep 201920 Sep 2019

The inverted google image search gave me a Mexican plant. This is Madeira, though. Google doesn't know everything (yet, thankfully). Do you? What kind of plant is this? © 2019…

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…

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…

From whence came you, stranger?

8 Sep 20195 Sep 2019

It is curious to realize that wet sand will keep footprints in it, while dry sand won't. I wonder whether it is as simple as a question of friction. Then,…

When nature applies a warm-color-filter

1 Sep 201931 Aug 2019

It's actually Rayleigh-scatter we are talking about here. During the day, it gives you your blue sky, or at least it contributes to it. In the evening, however, a lot…

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?…

Bird in flight

18 Aug 20197 Aug 2019

Why do I think of SUVAT equations now? © 2019 Alexander Biebricher All Rights Reserved.

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…wine?

18 Jun 201912 Jun 2019

I grew up in wine country. Fine beer there, too, but this was wine country in Southern Germany. Here's how it would usually go after entering that "pub": "Hm. I…