Richard Feynman lecture

I'm currently reading Richard Feynman's book Surely You're Joking Mr. Feynman so I can watch videos like this all day.

Cynical-C | Richard Feynman – The Scientific Method

Science on the march

An amazing illustration on the progress of science and technology created by Alexander Leydenfrost and published in the semi-centennial issue of Popular Mechanics from 1952. A great display of the past and projected future development of technologies, all depicted in glorious blocky 1950s design.

Paleo-Future - Paleo-Future Blog - Science on the March (1952)

The periodic table of science fiction

In 2002, science fiction author Michael Swanwick wrote a collection of 118 very short stories titled The Periodic Table of Science Fiction. The stories were commissioned for Eileen Gunn's The Infinite Matrix but were published in the Sci Fiction section of SciFi.com. Each story is named after an element in the periodic table and based around it, ranging from humorous recountings to chilling accounts. The whole collection is available online.

The Periodic Table of Science Fiction

Milky Way Transit Authority

Wow, if you ever lose your way around some spiral arm of the galaxy I'll bet this could be useful...

Our galaxy is unimaginably vast, and we really have no idea what is out there. We are discovering new planets in other star systems all the time, learning new facts about the galactic core, and even learning about whole new portions of the galaxy. This map is an attempt to approach our galaxy with a bit more familiarity than usual and get people thinking about long-term possibilities in outer space. Hopefully it can provide as a useful shorthand for our place in the Milky Way, the 'important' sights, and make inconceivable distances a bit less daunting. And while convenient interstellar travel is nothing more than a murky dream, and might always be that way, there is power in creating tools for beginning to wrap our minds around the interconnections of our galactic neighborhood."

Milky Way Transit Authority/

The crazy science of Nikolas Tesla

Serbian inventor Nikolas Tesla (1856-1943) is often touted as the most important scientist and inventor of the modern age, a man who "shed light over the face of Earth". In the above photo we see him creating metre-long electric arcs and millions of volts with his "Magnifying Transmitter", a variant of his most famous invention, the Tesla coil. Next to these he also conducted experiments with x-rays, the first wireless radio transmission, memory recording, radar, weather control systems, death rays, anti-gravity airships, teleportation, time travel .. you name it.

io9: Everything You Need to Know About the Madness of Nikola Tesla