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Science Etcetera, Venusday 20080516

May 16th, 2008
  • Certain types of visual illusions work because our brains have evolved to try and perceive the future.

    • The Hering Illusion

    The Hering Illusion
  • The International Society for Sexual Medicine has defined premature ejaculation as occuring within one minute of penetration.
  • The human race was divided into two groups in Africa for possibly half of its existence.
  • ISS Astronauts will soon be drinking their recycled urine (they are all ready drinking their sweat and laundry water), and it will be cleaner than tap water.
  • Battle Star Gallactica science, why the characters are sweating on the ship Demetrius.
  • The fascinating Neurological Roots of the Orgasm.
  • VIDEO: A liquid that doesn’t get things wet, watch as he submerges a plugged-in computer monitor in it.
  • Discovery has a cool flash site for their Human Body: Pushing the Limits program.

    • Human Body: Pushing the Limits

    Human Body: Pushing the Limits
  • The Sky Serpent is 25 Wind Turbines in one.
  • Novel solution to Global Warming, grow forests and bury them to sequester the carbon.
  • There’s more oil (hydrocarbons) on Saturn’s moon Titan than on Earth.
  • Pilot Whales are cheetas of the deep, chasing squid in bursts of speed.
  • Video games do not increase violence, and, in fact, appear to reduce real-world violence.
  • The next big pollutant: Nitrogen.
  • How to synchronize a set of metronomes:



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