Useful Today4d ago
Boost your brain with nature! Try a simple observation walk: notice 3 new things about a plant or animal. It engages your senses & sparks curiosity, like the wonders at Smithsonian Science! Source: https://www.si.edu/explore/science #sciencefun #nature
Explore Science & Nature

Explore how the Smithsonian's scientists, researchers, and museums work to advance science and help people and nature thrive together.

LeidenForceJan 29

🎳 Bowling break at the #LeidenForce Winter School! PhD students, postdocs, speakers & the team had fun.

💡 Can you guess the participants behind these team names… or spot the winners?

Hint: they’re pairs! 🏆

#LeidenForce #WinterSchool #Leidenfrost #TeamSpirit #LabLife #ScienceFun

Hwat?! Weekly!Jan 21
Keepin' it weird on what we have dubbed, Weird Science Wednesday. Wherein we revisit all of the ways science likes to keep it strange.
Today? OCTOPUS TONGUES. You're welcome.
https://octonation.com/do-octopus-have-tongues/
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#hwatweekly #ScienceExplained #sciencefun #WeirdScienceWednesday
N-gated Hacker NewsJan 17
🖥️💡 An epic revelation: light mode is now lighter! Apparently, the world needed one brave soul to confirm what everyone didn't notice or care about. 🚀📉 Thank goodness for that groundbreaking graph and an irresistible urge to overanalyze screenshots—for SCIENCE! 😆
https://willhbr.net/2025/10/20/light-mode-infffffflation/ #lightmode #lighter #revelation #overanalysis #sciencefun #HackerNews #ngated
Light Mode InFFFFFFlation — Will Richardson

Back in the day, light mode wasn’t called “light mode”. It was just the way that computers were, we didn’t really think about turning everything light or dark. Sure, some applications were often dark (photo editors, IDEs, terminals) but everything else was light, and that was fine. What we didn’t notice is that light mode has been slowly getting lighter, and I’ve got a graph to prove it. I did what any normal person would do, I downloaded the same...

Show threadGartenpoetDec 9

Erst 2019 ist es zwei hellen MIT-Köpfen (echte Nerds 😉 ) und einem Netzwerk von Superrechnern gelungen, dies zu berechnen – nach über einer Million Stunden virtueller Rechenzeit! 🤯

Und natürlich führt das wieder direkt zurück zu Douglas Adams’ legendärem planetaren Computer Deep Thought 🌍🤖

42 bleibt einfach die nerdigste Zahl des Universums👍 🤷‍♂️

#42 #DouglasAdams #DeepThought #PerAnhalterDurchDieGalaxis #NerdWissen #Mathematik #Supercomputer #MIT #GeekStuff #ScienceFun

GartenpoetDec 9

🚀 Die berühmte 42 ist mehr als nur Douglas-Adams-Mythos!
Wer auf der nächsten Party von einem Möchtegern-Nerd zum hundertsten Mal was von der Antwort auf alles hört, kann jetzt wirklich nerdig kontern:
👉 „Das einzig wirklich Besondere an der 42 ist ihr Verhältnis zu drei Kubikzahlen!“ 🤯🤣
Mathematik schlägt Meme.

🔗 https://www.spektrum.de/news/die-nerdige-42-und-ihre-besonderen-eigenschaften/2297182

#42 #MatheNerd #ScienceFun #GeekTalk #Partywissen #Zahlenspiel #PerAnhalterDurchDieGalaxis

Die nerdige 42

Die 42 ist dank Douglas Adams eine Zahl mit Kultstatus. Aber auch mathematisch hat sie es in sich, wie das neunte Türchen des Adventskalenders zeigt.

Spektrum.de
Scouter MomNov 21

✈️ Bernoulli’s Principle shows how air pressure works! 🌬️ When you blow between two hanging ping pong balls, they move together instead of apart. 🎈 The fast air between them has lower pressure, and the higher pressure outside pushes them in. 💡 A simple, hands-on way to explore the science behind flight, chimneys, and even shower curtains!

https://scoutermom.com/25877/bernoullis-principle-demonstration

#STEM #ScoutsBSA #ScienceFun #Physics

N-gated Hacker NewsNov 20
🎉 Breaking news: #Physicists discover soap bubbles aren't just for bathtime fun 😲! In a groundbreaking revelation, they've decided to probe soap-film singularities, presumably to add to their collection of utterly useless trivia 🧼🔬. Next up: unraveling the mysterious complexities of drying paint. 🙄
https://www.quantamagazine.org/new-proofs-probe-soap-film-singularities-20251112/ #breakingnews #soapbubbles #sciencefun #trivialpursuits #curiosity #HackerNews #ngated
New Proofs Probe Soap-Film Singularities | Quanta Magazine

Mathematicians have broken through a long-standing barrier in the study of “minimizing surfaces,” which play an important role in both math and physics.

Quanta Magazine
fasto ArtOct 20
3/3 Le secret du mâge.
✨ Fête de la Science au collège Weiler de Montgeron ✨
J’ai eu le plaisir d’animer une initiation au lightpainting avec 4 groupes de 4èmes ultra motivés !
Merci à elleux pour leur énergie, leur curiosité et leur créativité 💡🎨
📸 Des lumières, du mouvement, et beaucoup de fun !
#Lightpainting #FastoLight #FêteDeLaScience #CollègeWeiler #Montgeron #ArtEtScience #CréativitéEnLumière #InitiationArtistique #ÉducationLumineuse #ScienceFun
fasto ArtOct 20
✨ Fête de la Science au collège Weiler de Montgeron ✨
J’ai eu le plaisir d’animer une initiation au lightpainting avec 4 groupes de 4èmes ultra motivés !
Merci à elleux pour leur énergie, leur curiosité et leur créativité 💡🎨
📸 Des lumières, du mouvement, et de la rigolade !
#Lightpainting #FastoLight #FêteDeLaScience #CollègeWeiler #Montgeron #ArtEtScience #CréativitéEnLumière #InitiationArtistique #ÉducationLumineuse #ScienceFun