by Captain Skellett | Apr 11, 2010 | Poisons, Recent Research, Sex and Reproduction
Today I made a new video about how Kohl eye makeup may have prevented eye infections in Ancient Egypt. Ancient Egyptian Eyes Saved Lives from Captain Skellett on Vimeo. The video was sparked by a recent letter published in Analytical Chemistry which you can read here...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 29, 2009 | How Things Work, Just for Fun
Not for the first time I am posting a rap video. Rap is apparently the best genre of musical art for scientific communication, perhaps because it can handle an excess of long words. This one is about the Large Hadron Collider, and it is catchy-as! Sadly I am not...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 26, 2009 | Just for Fun, Science Art
I’ve been sitting on this story for a while, and then I forgot about it. Oops! This movie is very VERY sexy! It won the Scientific Merit Award at the Imagine Science Film Festival for 2009, and the visuals are just stunning! Behold the awesome power of MAGNET!...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 15, 2009 | How Things Work
Work just bought three lovely new bottles of antibacterial soap. Bummer. One of my very first posts was about how much antibacterial EVERYTHING there is nowadays, and how it will unleash a race of superbugs onto us all, causing the apocalypse. I’ve settled down...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 4, 2009 | Drugs, How Things Work, Just for Fun, Science Communication, Sex and Reproduction
Viagra, that little blue pill. How does it work? How was it discovered? What are the side effects? This video answers all your questions about the first ever oral treatment for erectile dysfunction, written, edited and starring yours truly. How Viagra Works from...