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A letter from the Universe

| 13. März 2012

The Universe has a letter for you, yes you! This sums it up rather nicely, I think. Courtesy of Symphony of Science. People who looked at this item also looked at… The Skeptic Steampunk Two worthy projects Extract Your DNA Steampunked Euthyneura – Weird Evolution 2012 is upon us Related items The Dragon has been [...]

Extract Your DNA

| 11. März 2012

Need to make a clone of yourself? Want to manipulate your DNA to create minions? No problem! This short video tells you how to extract DNA: People who looked at this item also looked at… The Skeptic Steampunk Review: Philippa Ballantine’s Magic by Gaslight How Cyberpunk: The Future of Science according to the IFTF Cyberpunk: [...]

Steampunked Euthyneura – Weird Evolution

| 9. März 2012

For all of you who now wonder what the æther Euthyneura are, it is a taxonomic clade of snails and slugs, which contains quite a number of species in a range of habitats. This, however has little to do with Steampunk and more with biology. I am also aware, snails and slugs wearing Steampunk gear [...]

Website to crowdsource alien life

| 29. Februar 2012

Want to help in a crowdsourced effort to find life out there in space? The BBC has an interesting article on the subject. Go read it! And then saunter onto setilive.org People who looked at this item also looked at… Please do not define! Shoutout for Science! RED ALERT! The Skeptic Steampunk Related items Ancient [...]

Strange Artifact – Japanese Steampunk Band

| 25. Februar 2012

Another proof of Steampunk’s popularity around the world. I have mentioned Japan before, and yesterday, I  found a brilliant Japanese Steampunk band: Strange Artifact And here is a video, taken from their site: Also, Strange Artifact will also be present at the Steampunk Cherry blossom viewing party in Tokyo! 東äでスチームパンク風な花見パーティー! For more information about this [...]

Atompunk Friday: ENIAC

| 10. Februar 2012

Today I feel like doing a bit of Atompunk, and since I am doing my blogging at a computer I guess it is time to remember the distant ancestor of all computers, the ENIAC. ENIAC is the acronym for Electronic Numerical Integrator And Computer. There are several rather good articles on the web: English Wikipedia [...]

Wooly Mammoth filmed in Siberia

| 9. Februar 2012

Aha! I knew it. In the remote parts of Siberia, the magnificent Wooly Mammoth still roams as it has done for hundreds of thousands of years. Just look at this video, conclusive proof, featured by the renowned scientific magazine THE SUN (no link, thank you): Yes, I know. It is a blurry video of a [...]

Shoutout for Science! RED ALERT!

| 26. Januar 2012

Stop What You’re Doing and Explore Mars Right Now! Go here (klick) And since I initially posted this one on the fly (i.e. from my smartphone) here is a little image to beautify the article and to show you what you get behind the link:     People who looked at this item also looked [...]

2012 is upon us

| 31. Dezember 2011

So, 2011 has come and gone (almost) and we are looking 2012 in the eye. To make one thing absolutely clear: The world will not come to an end in 2012. The Maya never predicted that. Some half-wit with some vaguely New Age inspired idea came up with that. Check out this Skeptoid episode for [...]

How Cyberpunk: The Future of Science according to the IFTF

| 20. Dezember 2011

CNN recently featured an article about the future of science up to 2021, as predicted by the Institute for the Future. According to the Institute, the future looks something like this: This looks like something out of a cyberpunk/space opera novel. Although I find some of the concepts presented in the map quite intriguing, some [...]