Patagonia Study: Fleece Jackets are Major Polluters of Earth’s Waters Patagonia just funded a study to determine if the microfibers from fleece jackets (which are made of plastic) contaminate marine environments. The results came back with a resounding yes. Yes they do. The study was performed by the Bren School of Environmental Science and Management at the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB). The study found that in the process of laundering fleece […] Brains The Brains | June 26, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: Mount St. Helens, WA Dome Growth Time-Lapse is Nuts Video = Mount St. Helens dome growth from 2004-2008. Just last Wednesday, May 18th, was the 36th anniversary of the Mount St. Helens volcanic eruption. 1980 Mount St. Helens eruption: 57 people killed 80,000-foot tall ash column deposited ash in 11 states Hundreds of square miles were turned into wasteland $3 billion in damages Brains The Brains | May 21, 2016 0 Comments
Brain Post: Space-X Lands Rocket on Drone Ship at Sea on 5th Try Yesterday SpaceX just landed a rocket at sea Breaking: Watch the historic SpaceX rocket landing at sea. Posted by The Verge on Friday, April 8, 2016 *** “SpaceX has finally landed its Falcon 9 rocket on a drone ship at sea, after launching the vehicle into space this afternoon. It’s the first time the company has been able to pull off an […] Brains The Brains | April 9, 2016 1 Comment
VIDEO: Iceberg Size of 2 Manhattan’s About To Break Off of Antarctica… That's one big ice shelf. Posted by I fucking love science on Sunday, March 20, 2016 An iceberg larger than 2 Manhattan’s is about to break off of Antarctica. The Nansen Iceshelf has developed a big crack and its about to go. After the iceshelf goes, the glaciers behind it will begin to deteriorate. Things are changing in Antarctica. […] Brains The Brains | March 20, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: The Discovery of Gravitational Waves Explained In two sentences, this is why the discovery of Gravitational Waves is so huge: Now that we can detect Gravitational Waves we’ll be able to see things we’ve never seen before. We’ll be able to see black holes, we’ll be able to see deeper into space, we’ll be able to look back in time – we might even be able to […] Brains The Brains | February 12, 2016 0 Comments
VIDEO: The White Moose of Sweden How freakin’ cool would it be to see a white moose? These don’t come around very often. Cool for us, not as cool for the moose. Being an albino is a major disadvantage in nature. According to one study (Esteve, J.V.; Jeffery, G 1998) “”Squirrels are the only known albino mammal to survive successfully in the wild.” These guys might […] Brains The Brains | February 9, 2016 0 Comments
New Hi-Res NASA Photos & Video of the Mountains of Pluto are Stunning NASA’s piano-sized New Horizons spacecraft has sent back the sharpest ever views of Pluto’s mountains obtained on it’s July flyby. Humans may not see photos this close-up of Pluto again for decades. “These new images give us a breathtaking, super-high resolution window into Pluto’s geology.” – New Horizons Principal Investigator Alan Stern, of the Southwest Research Institute in Boulder, Colorado. […] Brains The Brains | December 5, 2015 0 Comments
Brain Post: 8 Signs You’re Smarter Than Average Business Insider has put together this simple list of things smarter than average people do. It’s pretty fascinating. How many do you do? What do smart people have in common? Researchers have seen patterns in everything from choice of pet to height. Check out the graphic below to see what other things they have in common. (Note that correlation does not imply […] Brains The Brains | November 30, 2015 0 Comments
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