I had a great time chatting with Kyle Munkittrick, bioethicist and blogger for Discover's Science Not Fiction for this week's Bloggingheads.tv Science Saturday webcast. We talked about Captain America and the medical ethics of transhumanism, laughed about the public personas that some scientists cultivate (and others just stumble into accidentally), and took a moment to honor mighty Thor, God of Thunder.
Superheroes, medical ethics, and why physics is magic
What if the whole planet ran on a single clock?
Every so often someone proposes to abolish time zones entirely and put the whole planet on a single clock. It would be the same time everywhere at once: when it… READ THE REST
For centuries people have watched glowing orbs drift through storms
For centuries, people have reported glowing balls of light during thunderstorms — spheres from pea-sized to several meters across that drift through the air for seconds at a time, far… READ THE REST
A YouTuber rebuilt a mercury light bulb discovered in 1675
In 1675, the French astronomer Jean Picard noticed something strange while carrying his mercury barometer through a dark room: the mercury glowed as it sloshed around the bulb. Two centuries… READ THE REST
Learning a new language is less intimidating with Promova for only $80
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Build confidence in a new language with Promova's lifetime subscription for $79.99 (reg. $299.99). Learning a new language… READ THE REST
A popular platform is making it easier to read in your spare time, and it's only $70 for life
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: Headway is a mobile app that condenses fiction and non-fiction books into quick summaries, and it's only… READ THE REST
This is the $60 Montessori-inspired kids' app that won't leave you feeling guilty afterward
Disclosure: Boing Boing earns a commission on purchases made through links in this post. TL;DR: For $59.99 (reg. $250), Pok Pok gives your family lifetime access to an award-winning educational app designed to… READ THE REST
