Science is all about life. Unfortunately, many still believe that Science and everything related to it belongs to the insides of a classroom and nothing more. This Blog aims to disprove that. It is not about a pain in the [insert_body_part], endless nights without sleep and complicated formulas. It is all about details. Let me share my vision, with a touch of simplicity and humor, of how science touches our lives everyday...
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True Science for a Real World
Sunday, February 20, 2011
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Be my Valentine!
For this special time of the year, I happily share my favorite Love Equations... no, no, they are love equations indeed. Check it out:
First, only those who have been truly in love will be capable of understanding... the sum of two individuals is everything; the split of two souls means nothing...
Second, for those fluent in 1337...
Third and last, for all those who can see much further and will even plot their hearts...
Happy Valentine's Day to you all!!
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Thoughts on Tron
My thoughts on Tron right after I saw the movie... hope you enjoy this!
I knew the übercool suit wouldn't come up for free... |
Saturday, December 25, 2010
Merry Xmas = Trick or Treat
The title itself describes pretty much what this is all about.
Merry Xmas to ya'all!!
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=25+base+10
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+base+8
Merry Xmas to ya'all!!
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=25+base+10
http://www.wolframalpha.com/input/?i=31+base+8
Wednesday, December 15, 2010
GO TEAM SANTA!!
Christmas is coming, and Santa with it...
When we think of Santa, we think of the North Pole. However, we never stop to realize where exactly is such place.
Is it where our compass points to? Well, yes... and no.
We are taught that the north-est point of the globe is slightly different from that pointed out by the compass. No big news here, but what if I told you that there are at least 7 different North Poles?!
Where are you sending your letters now??
Check it out:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-earth-has-more-than-one-north-pole
When we think of Santa, we think of the North Pole. However, we never stop to realize where exactly is such place.
Is it where our compass points to? Well, yes... and no.
We are taught that the north-est point of the globe is slightly different from that pointed out by the compass. No big news here, but what if I told you that there are at least 7 different North Poles?!
Where are you sending your letters now??
Check it out:
http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=the-earth-has-more-than-one-north-pole
Thursday, December 9, 2010
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Feline Inertia
"Unlike human laws,
those of Nature always apply and cannot be broken..."
Whenever you're witnessing a phenomena of any kind, where you think that even for an instant one law of Nature is left out of the game, you are most likely actually missing something in the picture. Science is all around us, whether we are aware of it or not. As humans, we do our best to learn from them. We try to construct mathematical models to fit reality.
This is no easy task! But the thing is that still the hardest we try, the Universe will always be pleased, laughing at us, amused with our endless efforts to understand it. The truth is, the World doesn't care whether we understand it or not... it just carries on like an excellent piece of clockwork (of course, it proves advantageous for those who have studied clock gears and stuff).
Take for instance the cats who enjoy lapping their milk; they perfected the technique since the very first time they took a sip to such a delicious drink, yet they don't know the mechanics behind what they're doing.... or do they??
Note to opening quote:
"Unless Chuck Norris states otherwise..."
Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Magic and Wizardry
I've always thought that the whole series is filled with moral messages and smart details, but what I'm about to show you, extended the possibilities quite a little bit...
As I was watching one of my young wizard Harry Potter favorite movies: HP and The Prisoner of Azkaban, on a soon to be obsolete DVD player, I was compelled to see the whole movie to the last credit... A practice that is quite uncommon, not only to me but to every person I've met. That said, as I was watching the credits scroll in the screen, something interesting caught my eye around 2:14:10. A somewhere in between an Easter egg and a subliminal message of what appears to be... (check out the lower left corner)
AHEM... a couple having a good time in the very corridors of Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizardry.
Mind to take a look for yourselves? Go ahead and check it out! There's just no way this could've been an honest mistake. This was intentionally engineered! Even the corresponding feet move at the same time.
In the light of this discovery, now I wonder if it is possible that I've missed any other "detail" such as this one in the other HP movie installments.
Now, if you'd excuse me, it's time for me to go see HP7...
Photo credit: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie. Fair use assumed...
As I was watching one of my young wizard Harry Potter favorite movies: HP and The Prisoner of Azkaban, on a soon to be obsolete DVD player, I was compelled to see the whole movie to the last credit... A practice that is quite uncommon, not only to me but to every person I've met. That said, as I was watching the credits scroll in the screen, something interesting caught my eye around 2:14:10. A somewhere in between an Easter egg and a subliminal message of what appears to be... (check out the lower left corner)
Everyone knows how the Marauder's Map works, right?? So, who are those on the lower left corner?? |
AHEM... a couple having a good time in the very corridors of Hogwarts School of Magic and Wizardry.
Mind to take a look for yourselves? Go ahead and check it out! There's just no way this could've been an honest mistake. This was intentionally engineered! Even the corresponding feet move at the same time.
In the light of this discovery, now I wonder if it is possible that I've missed any other "detail" such as this one in the other HP movie installments.
Now, if you'd excuse me, it's time for me to go see HP7...
Photo credit: Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban movie. Fair use assumed...
Tuesday, November 2, 2010
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