Category Archives: science

The Up-Goer Five and Quantum Mechanics

Posted on January 22, 2013 by

What you see above is something called The Up-Goer Five Text Editor. It’s an online text editor that uses only the 1,000 most common words in the English language as its word database, giving you a warning every time you … Continue reading →

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When Space Pioneers Play It Safe

Posted on December 14, 2012 by

NASA has recently announced that a new rover will be sent to Mars by 2020. Another one? They already have three there. Spirit and Opportunity landed first, in 2004. While Opportunity is still scuttling around, Spirit has been stuck in a sand pit … Continue reading →

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Do You Have to be Mad to be a Scientist?

Posted on November 16, 2012 by

Great Scott! “Doc” Brown, from Back to the Future, is peculiar among fictional scientists, because he’s not a villain. A survey of about about 1,000 horror films released between 1930 and 1980 reveals that in about a third of the movies, … Continue reading →

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The Sweet Side of Nobel Prizes

Posted on October 13, 2012 by

What is the best predictor of a country’s ability to produce Nobel winners? Chocolate. Wait, what? Yes, a study is promoting the idea that countries that consume more chocolate produce more Nobel laureates. It’s been published on a scientific journal by a … Continue reading →

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