The S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier
In this weeks Adventure of Links, a new TMNT animated series, a man spends $1.2 million on video games, and a physicist determines if the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier could actually fly.
Physics/Astronomy
Physics Students Say A Gliding Batman Would Die Upon Landing
Nobel Laureates in Physics React to the Higgs-Like Particle News [Video]
The 50th anniversary of Starfish Prime: the nuke that shook the world
The physics of astronaut ice cream
Hubble Discovers a Fifth Moon Orbiting Pluto
5 Obscure Formulas That Rule the World
Sci-Fi/Fantasy
New TMNT Animated Series: These aren’t the same old turtles!
Could the S.H.I.E.L.D. Helicarrier Fly?
New Total Recall footage includes lots of shout-outs to the original
Fun/Funny
Canadian buys $1.2M video game collection
The Universe has a Twitter account and it is awesome
NCBI ROFL: How a scientist eats a Reese’s peanut butter cup.
Massive 200,000-Piece Roman Colosseum Is the Most Impressive Lego Architecture Model I’ve Ever Seen
The True Origin of Neil DeGrasse Tyson
Skeptic
Neither the Maya Calendar–nor the World–Ends on December 21, 2012
Is Autism an “Epidemic” or Are We Just Noticing More People Who Have It?
Scientists rally on Parliament Hill to mourn ‘death of evidence’
Health Canada is currently developing the methodology for a study “that will explore the relationship between wind turbine noise and the extent of health effects reported by, and objectively measured in, those living near wind power developments.”
