Astronomical phenomena can have some funny names, like the star named ‘Sualocin’ (‘Nicolaus’ spelt backwards), or the nebula called ‘Dark Doodad’.
Serious scientific answers to hypothetical questions like “If every person on Earth aimed a laser pointer at the Moon at the same time, would it change color?”.
Mad science on trial: the real ethical problems with fictional scientists.
In 2018, NASA changed the way it evaluates requests for observing time on Hubble Telescope to reduce biases, and it’s working.
To interpret the world through vision, human eyes have four photoreceptors, birds have six, mantis shrimps have 16.
If you need a good laugh, watch comedian James Veitch talk about his experiences responding to spam email.
Historians explain what findings made them go ‘wait, wut?’ in the archives they explore for their research.
“Tortured phrases” — are probably the result of automated translation or software that attempts to disguise plagiarism.
Youtube Channel dedicated to producing science communication animations. Check some out here.
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