Is anybody making prints of these? There's a bunch I'd buy in a hearbeat. posted by bonehead at 9:50 AM on May 7, 2010 [1 favorite]
To settle a long time debate with a friend, I need one that says that it is colder in the winter because the Earth is farther away from the Sun and has nothing to do with any "axis-tilt"or whatever. I wonder if he takes requests.
[I know I'm wrong, but this would make me so right.] posted by clearly at 10:18 AM on May 7, 2010
I'm glad that I'm not the only person that looked to them for a final answer on the fuckin' magnets question. (Which, should I ever get to meet Obama, will be the first thing I ask him.) posted by klangklangston at 10:59 AM on May 7, 2010
subscribed!
wow, that's a record, not a new blog that interested me in eons and then boom, two today via the blue
gracias muchas Uther Bentrazor, here's a favourite and a hug posted by infini at 10:59 AM on May 7, 2010
"Plus, they still don't tell us how magnets work.
posted by filthy light thief "
Make up something and send it to the site. posted by Cranberry at 11:09 AM on May 7, 2010
Magnets attract because they are opposites, and opposites attract. posted by Xoebe at 11:11 AM on May 7, 2010 [2 favorites]
I used to have a gimmick where I made up stuff to explain science things on demand. My favorite gag was how CDs work: the disk has a long, iridescent worm sealed in a spiral in the plastic. The music is encoded in its DNA. When you play a disk, the laser traces around and along the worm's length causing it to scream ultrasonically, which is picked up by tiny speakers and pitch-shifted down to the appropriate human range of hearing. The worm relies on a the highly specific environment of its sealed world, which is why scratches cause CDs to mess up. posted by JHarris at 12:50 PM on May 8, 2010
pass me some posted by infini at 12:57 PM on May 8, 2010
posted by chatongriffes at 9:34 AM on May 7, 2010