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The remarkable story behind mRNA vaccines. They might just save your life.

How mRNA Technology Could Upend the Drug Industry Inside the remarkable scientific discoveries behind the new COVID-19 vaccines

http://m.nautil.us/issue/94/evolving/reading-that-strange-and-uniquely-human-thing

It all happens in the blink of an eye, but look in detail at what actually happens to make your web connection secure.

The Illustrated TLS Connection Every byte of a TLS connection explained and reproduced

https://www.skepticalscience.com/history-FLICC-5-techniques-science-denial.html

A history of FLICC: the 5 techniques of science denial In 2007, Mark Hoofnagle suggested on his Science Blog Denialism that denialists across a range of topics such as climate change, evolution, & HIV/AIDS all employed the same rhetorical tactics to sow confusion. The five general tactics were conspiracy, selectivity (cherry-picking), fake experts, i...

Who hasn't wondered what it would be like to drive on the moon, pluto or the sun on a pickup truck? Spoiler - this video contains fun!

What It's Like to Drive on Other Planets In this video I show you what it would be like if the gravity on earth were changed to be the gravity on other planets. Watch what happens to as I try to jum...

What to do when you have a surplus of toilet rolls...

Making toilet paper moonshine **Major correction: I wrongly and repeatedly referred to T. Reesei as being a yeast, when it is actually another type of fungus. Yeast is also a type of fung...

With March Geekeasy upon us tomorrow consider that we may one day be able to generate electricity from rainfall. Who says water and electricity don't mix?

Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy Rain may soon be an effective source of renewable energy A generator can briefly light up 100 LED bulbs with a single drop. Jon Fingas, 02.09.20 Comments 5040 Shares Share Tweet Share Sponsored Links Cesare Fel / EyeEm via Getty Images There have been numerous attempt to generate electric...

Nasa mathematician Katherine Johnson dies at 101 Ms Johnson, who helped launch the first American into orbit, was portrayed in the film Hidden Figures.

Here's a little trick we will be attempting to recreate at February's Geek Easy (Furnace Inn @ 7pm tomorrow - all welcome) using some beer mats and a pork pie. We're geeks, we can do this!

Quantum Locking Will Blow Your Mind—How Does it Work? In this video I use a type II superconductor to perform a quantum locking demonstration using YCBO (Yttrium barium copper oxide). I then explain in depth how...