A little bit more about ‘selective breeding’ with reference to flower production in the video below. Please sit through it to the end as it contains a twist! Some pretty sound Mendelian genetics and a simple explanation of how breeders produce the strains of plants and animals we commonly see. Then the host fires in …
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Category:Just For Fun
Kirates With No Liks…
This made me laugh.
Marble Marvel…
Another amazing musical machine and a lovely combination of old and new technology. . You can see more of Wintergatan’s work on his YouTube page. There is more musical & mechanical nonsense on the blog here, here and here.
A Quick Puzzle…
…from the New York Times. You must click on the link at the end of this post, attempt the test and then come back here to leave a comment. I don’t mean ‘must’ in the sense of… You simply must try the mackerel with pickles and mullet roe at El Celler de Can Roca. Yeah, of course …
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Another Funny Video…
Firstly, sorry that the comments are not working. There has recently been an upgrade to the WordPress software and this has affected the theme I use (Oxygen) and so I am waiting until they fix it. I tried myself but it was disastrous – the site went down for 24 hours until I could work …
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The Poetry Of Reality…
Someone left a comment that they liked the MelodySheep Game Of Thrones song. He is the guy who did all the Symphony of Science videos/songs. I have edited the posts so hopefully you can now see and play those videos too. . . This reflects my take on science pretty accurately; for me it the …
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Life, The Universe & Everything…
This is a repost of an old article from October 2011 with a few tweaks. The video below is from the BBC TV series of The Hitchhiker’s Guide To The Galaxy. It is based upon the novel by Douglas Adams, which in turn was based upon the radio series of the same name. I started to …
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OK Pinheads, How’d The Moon Get There?
One of the reasons I love science so much is that it gives you the tools to find answers to questions. Asking good questions is one of the most important skills a scientist will learn. A scientific question is one that can be investigated; one that has the possibility of being answered. A question that …
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A Jolly Video…
Higher, Faster, Further…
Many thanks to XanderW for this pupil post about Red Bull Stratos. There are more like it on the way, Red Bull Stratos was the mission in which the Austrian skydiver Felix Baumgartner would break the skydiving record, jumping from a height of 23.4 miles (38.6 km). The jump took place on the 14th October 2012 …
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