Tag Archives: Science

The Science of Loneliness

I am admit­tedly con­cerned about my future health after read­ing through this though-provoking art­icle on how feel­ing lonely res­ults in physiolo­gical changes. Firstly, to cla­rify what is meant by loneli­ness to psy­cho­lo­gists: Today’s psy­cho­lo­gists accept Fromm-Reichmann’s invent­ory of all the things that loneli­ness isn’t and add a wrinkle she would surely have approved of. They …

Friday, 17th May, 2013 – 2339 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (1)

Levitating Water

Mehdi Sad­agh­dar with another out­stand­ing video on phys­ics and elec­tron­ics. Check out his blog post on this jaw-dropping experiment.

Wednesday, 15th May, 2013 – 1545 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (0)

Atomic Movie

Intro­du­cing the world’s tini­est movie, made entirely by shift­ing indi­vidual molecules. Also a use­ful link the next time a god­bot asks why you believe in atoms when you can’t see them.

Thursday, 2nd May, 2013 – 0046 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

Eating Animals is Still Bad for the Environment

As so often hap­pens after a few months, I decided to include myself into a debate on vegan­ism once more. It allows me ever more prac­tice in debates without los­ing my cool, and also serves to encour­age me to read up on papers on com­par­is­ons between the impact of animal-based diets and plant-based diets. That’s …

Tuesday, 16th April, 2013 – 2324 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (1)

Mantis Shrimps

After this Oat­meal comic, I will never be able to look at mantis shrimps the same way ever again.

Wednesday, 10th April, 2013 – 1610 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)

In Pursuit of Ginger Beer

So it turns out I learnt a les­son today. Dry yeast made by the loc­als in Sarawak don’t last if you leave them out for too long. That said, as these things usu­ally lead down one road or another, I have decided to take on cre­at­ing my very own ginger beer. First, since I can’t …

Saturday, 23rd March, 2013 – 1529 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , , | Comments (2)

Add All the Digits from One to One Million.

I remembered my math­em­at­ics teacher try­ing to teach me this trick in primary and sec­ond­ary school. I had no idea how it worked then. I do now.

Wednesday, 20th March, 2013 – 1900 | By Rewarp | Posted in Uncategorized | Tagged , , | Comments (0)