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grrlscientist | November 19, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
About the true love of two apple worms becoming separated during harvest times, but like my love story, this one has a happy ending
rallain | November 19, 2009Last night I saw the newest episode of MythBusters. One of the myths they revisited was the exploding water heater. Well, it turns out that I had an analysis of this first explosion, but I didn't move it over when I switched software. So, here it is.
In case you never saw the first episode of exploding water heaters, here is the important part:
If you are impatient, here are the answers (from the video analysis):
Time of flight = 11.8 seconds
Max height = 167 meters = 548 feet
Launch speed = 234 mph
Speed on impact with the ground = 76 mph
First, from re-watching the video, I can see (…
grrlscientist | November 19, 2009tags: satire, comedy, humor, president obama, teleprompter, ONN, Onion News Network, streaming video
Imagine the crisis that occurred when President Obama's teleprompter unexpectedly stopped functioning during a family dinner. Fortunately, he is capable of remembering his script, unlike the moron who was in office one year ago....
Obama's Home Teleprompter Malfunctions During Family Dinner
grrlscientist | November 18, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
A love story, starring those sweet little ladybugs. But this love story has a hidden message under all the gooey kisses.
grrlscientist | November 18, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
Now this is a very cute video. It follows the story of a honeybee that flies into a house and becomes a prisoner inside. A fly discovers the trapped bee on the opposite side of the window glass and then the unexpected happens.
drorzel | November 17, 2009There's been an independent rediscovery of the notion of using dogs to explain physics, as you can see in this YouTube video of Golden Retrievers explaining the structure of atoms:
Emmy thinks she should get royalties, in the form of cheese. But then, she thinks that about everything...
grrlscientist | November 17, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
This video shows ant culture and society as you've never seen it before!
These videos are so education, don't you think?
grrlscientist | November 16, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
This poor ladybug can't even find someone to play with! Those flies are just too greedy to be good playmates.
grrlscientist | November 15, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
If only NASA had watched this video before spending billions of dollars on the space program!
grrlscientist | November 15, 2009tags: religion, fundamentalism, christianity, humor, satire, funny, evolution shmevolution, Edward Current, streaming video
Edward Current comments about all of the ignorant evilutionists (including me) who are contaminating the world with our crazy ideas. Nevermind that we have proof and the religious wingnuts do not.
grrlscientist | November 14, 2009tags: religion, fundamentalism, christianity, Why Do Atheists Care About Religion?, imrational, streaming video
How does religion impinge upon each American's rights? This video should open your eyes to the ridiculous, backwards and utterly nonsensical laws that control our lives because of someone's religious beliefs.
grrlscientist | November 14, 2009tags: birds, flock behavior, denmark, wildlife, wow, streaming video
This astonishing video from Denmark documents a flock of 300,000 birds in flight. I've seen flocks of as many as a million (or more) shorebirds in flight, but despite that, the sight never ceases to amaze me. For example, how do birds fly at such high speeds in such close quarters, changing directions seemingly at random, without crashing into each other?
What is the largest flock of birds you've ever seen? What species were in this flock? Do mixed-species flocks move differently than same-species flocks?
grrlscientist | November 13, 2009tags: atoms, teaching, pets, dogs, chemistry, streaming video
A crack team of PhD-trained golden retrievers illustrate the structure of atoms -- the particles that make up everything around you. They also show how atoms are weirder than you might think.
rallain | November 13, 2009Not really. Here are the details (and some data) for the Millikan Oil Drop Experiment without the oil drop that I talked about previously (originally from The Physics Teacher - lucky you, it was a featured article so it should still be available (pdf)).
The basic idea that Lowell McCann and Earl Blodgett from U of Wisconsin propose is to do an experiment similar to the oil drop experiment, but not so squinty (if you have done the oil drop experiment, you know what I mean). Instead of dropping charged oil in an electric field, they drop containers with metal nuts in water. The goal is to…
grrlscientist | November 13, 2009tags: invertebrates, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
Continuing with the food theme.... This video follows the adventures that ensue after a fly discovers an already chewed piece of gum on the road.
grrlscientist | November 12, 2009tags: invertebrates, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
I absolutely love this video. It features an ant discovering a lollipop in the road and the battle that ensues between the ants and the flies over possession of this food bonanza. The end of this video is truly hilarious.
grrlscientist | November 12, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
A Ladybug family goes out for a Sunday flight with their three offspring. One of these youngsters is a wee bit hyperactive and sets out on a series of adventures of her own, as detailed in this video.
grrlscientist | November 11, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
A Ladybird educates her youngsters into the challenges and pleasures of life.
drorzel | November 11, 2009If you want to be a musician, there are some simple rules you must follow:
And now you know...
(The squeaky toy noises in the early part of this drive Emmy nuts...)
grrlscientist | November 11, 2009tags: insects, comedy, humor, bentekr, animation, streaming video
What happens when a grasshopper gets the hiccups? How does a grasshopper get hiccups? This video explores these important questions.