by Captain Skellett | Dec 13, 2010 | How Things Work
Ahoy! Today’s Request a Post comes from Devil’s Snare, a Potter fan I’d wager. Devil’s Snare asks “what features will a person show if his pancreas is removed?” Ahh… woke up in a bathtub full of ice, did you? That’s...
by Captain Skellett | Dec 3, 2010 | How Things Work, Recent Research, Science Communication, Sex and Reproduction
I’m a guest blogger for the RiAus, and this post also appeared on their fancy website. To tell the truth, I really wanted to call this post “Hormonally Yours” in homage to the Shakespeare Sisters (anyone?) but I’ll save it for another post. Recently I was...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 28, 2010 | How Things Work
Simultaneous is not simultaneous. Space and time do not exist. These, and other strange and wonderful things, are the hallmarks of Einsteins Theory of Relativity and what we’re talking about today. A few days ago I got Request a Post which read: ahoy there,...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 24, 2010 | How Things Work, Recent Research, Science at Home
First up, apologies on the lateness of my post. A whole week has gone past! Oh me! I humbly do beseech you to forgive this old salt and do throw myself upon the deck in penance. Me only defense is that I have just moved from Canberra to Adelaide, and me Schooner does...
by Captain Skellett | Nov 8, 2010 | How Things Work, Recent Research, The Realm of Bizzare
Imagine if instead of having sensor lights to illuminate a garden path, you could line it with light-emitting plants. You could stroll along bio-luminescent flower beds, dancing in dappled moonlight and delighting in eerily lit peace, free from the shackles of...
by Captain Skellett | Oct 18, 2010 | Drugs, How Things Work, Recent Research, Science Communication
While waiting for inspiration to strike a solid introduction into my head, my computer screen went blank. Good ol’ MacBook conserving energy! But letting your computer go idle doesn’t mean you have to waste its processing power. Why not cure cancer with...