Dover SD Science

10/07/2013

...."math experts are made, not born." A new study reveals that people arent inherently "good" or "bad" at math.

10/07/2013

Bioluminescent bloom. Have never seen it to this extent, but if you were to walk along a dark beach at night, you can sometimes find these guys washed up on shore.

Bioluminescent bloom makes beach a magical minefield

Image: Doug Perrine/naturepl.com

via Milky way scientists

http://on.fb.me/13Wqt6Y

10/07/2013

Atoms of Autumn: the Pumpkin Table of Elements

10/05/2013

09/27/2013

Just two decades after discovering the first world beyond our solar system, astronomers are closing in on alien planet No. 1,000.

09/27/2013

False... oil, coal and natural gas are the remains of plants that were buried in swamps millions of years ago

Myths and Misconceptions: Oil
Crude oil does not in fact come from dinosaurs, but rather from prehistoric plankton and algae.

09/26/2013

And we couldn't agree more.

Image via The Skeptics' Guide to the Universe

09/23/2013

Since some of you missed the demonstration Friday due to the mishap...
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJvS4uc4TbU

This is the best of the Burning Salts/Flame Test demonstration videos (see below). This is a shorter version of the "Burning Salts" video and is a classic ch...

09/23/2013

Good morning! Please enjoy the latest addition to our Friday Science Joke collection!

09/23/2013

What do physicists do with a high-speed camera, water balloons and a spare half hour!?

09/23/2013

Jake has an IQ believed to be higher than Einstein's, but at the age of two he was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome and doctors told his mum he'd likely never speak or read. She refused to give up on his education and he's now taking his Master Degree at Waterloo's Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics in Canada.

Read more: http://huff.to/10iAjvn via Huffington Post, Image: Tim Anderson

09/19/2013

In just two and a half minutes, Alok Jha explains why black holes are doomed to shrink into nothingness then explode with the energy of a million nuclear bombs, and rewinds to the big bang and the origin of the universe.