Science Porn

[SteelCurtain]

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In 2002 a small asteroid known as J002E3 was discovered on a near earth orbit. It was first spotted by an amateur astronomer, Bill Yeung and was reported as a passing Near-Earth Object. Soon, however, the object’s motion suggested it wasn’t just passing by, it was in an orbit around the Earth. Its trajectory had all the telltale signs of being a space debris and further observations have also confirmed that the object’s spectral signature matched the white titanium dioxide paint used on Apollo rockets. J002E3 is most likely to be the third stage of the rocket that launched Apollo 12, which failed to crash on the Moon as planned. NASA used such impacts to generate ‘Moonquakes’ that could be studied by lunar seismographs to gain information on the Moon’s interior.
J002E3’s orbit is a bit unusual but not unique; the object spends some time in the Sun-Earth first Lagrange point (L1), then loops around Earth, reaches escape velocity in the process and flies back into heliocentric orbit where it currently resides. Although its orbit is constantly changing because of gravitational perturbations by the Sun and Moon, J002E3 is expected to come back around the mid 2040s.

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Ferrofluids rock!!!

[SteelCurtain]

What astronauts see on re-entry.


DNA Replication by DNA polymerase.


Badass cruise missile launch from underwater platform.

[Exian]

I remember the first time I saw an animation of the replication of the lagging strand and its Okazaki fragments. I couldn't believe that nature had worked out a problem like that. It's damn near unbelievable.

[Whateverist]

Even more amazing to me is that every organism is able to utilize this information to assemble itself. Bet there isn't any animation for that yet .. or is there?

[Alex K]

Number of Metal bands per 100000 people. What's the deal with Greece! \^/

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Ok that settles it! I believe in God now!

[dyresand]

I love this Twitter Account. (@SciencePorn) If you are a science nerd, gotta get it.

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"And yet you still don't get cell coverage"

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I need to be alone for awhile

[Whateverist]

Wait, for which bodily fluids are those tissues intended? What did I miss?

[SteelCurtain]

This might be my favorite meme of the week.


Stabilized image of how Earth rotates keeping the night sky stationary.


Badass net casting spider.

[SteelCurtain]

This is how a kinesin (protein) moves along a cytoskeletal filament in your body. The video's a litte bit misleading, though, it's not really as pretty as this. The "foot" would disengage, wiggle and jitter about randomly until it finds the binding site at the correct angle, then bind, allowing the other foot to disengage and do the same thing. Amazing, nonetheless.

[Exian]

This lacks the instant satisfaction of science porn, but Playboy had articles.

Here's why you hate cilantro:
http://reasoniamhere.com/2013/09/24/why-...1_38919717

ETA: Even though I think it tastes like soap, it has grown on me.