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Ask Science! How long would it take a thermos of coffee to freeze in space?

Ask Science! How long would it take a thermos of coffee to freeze in space?

Jun 10, 2012

In order to answer that we need a formula that describes the surface area of an object, how much energy it has, and what it’s thermodynamic temperature, or ‘absolute’ temperature. In simpler terms… how big its surface is, and how cool it can get, in how much time. Since coffee is mostly water, we’ll just use plain water in our...

One Eyed Robot – Teaser

One Eyed Robot – Teaser

Jun 1, 2012

I’m almost done. Here is my first motion test now that all the control circuits are worked out.

Ask Science! Can you “catch-up” on your sleep after having a few short nights?

Ask Science! Can you “catch-up” on your sleep after having a few short nights?

May 9, 2012

We take some questions from Redit’s ‘Ask Science’ section and attempt to answer some questions. Can you catch up on your sleep after you’ve had a few short nights? And how do sleep cycles work?

Former NASA Climate Change Deniers – May 9th, 2012

Former NASA Climate Change Deniers – May 9th, 2012

May 9, 2012

A group of 49 former NASA employees have appealed to NASA to stop making climate claims in the media that the group of 49 claim are not scientifically supported. NASA publicly stated that they don’t make conclusions based on the data, they just collect and disseminate it. NASA further invited the group of 49, to participate in the scientific process and...

Project Steve – May 8, 2012

Project Steve – May 8, 2012

May 8, 2012

Project Steve: Is a satyrical list poking fun at a list released earlier this year from the ‘Discovery Institute’. The Discovery Institute, as well as many other creationist organizations have lists that contain the names of 700 scientists that don’t believe in evolutionary theory. Project Steve highlights this comically low number of...