Random Happiness: Fun Science
The saddest aspect of life right now is that science gathers knowledge faster than society gathers wisdom. ~ Isaac Asimov
Today we focus on fun science, and we go from interesting video’s to the truly insane. Don’t we all have a friend who caused a large explosion in their own house on Thanksgiving and burned off their eyebrows? This post is dedicated to my friend Keith. And as such let me just say I’m posting these videos for entertainment purposes only an idiot would do this stuff at home and would probably earn a Darwin Award in the process, you’ve been warned. ~ Rev Kane
First a video a roundup of the highlights from 2012 for NPRs Science Friday
Also from Science Friday some cool time-lapse photography
A set of odd and bizarre science facts
Theo Gray has just become my new favorite scientists, 7 experiments from his book Theo Gray’s Mad Science: Experiments you can do at home but probably shouldn’t;
Even more deranged science experiments
Finally, build your own parabolic solar death ray, some videos
Demos
The basic death ray
How to build one
Where to buy what you are seeing
The Ministry of Happiness 