http://www.sciencepunk.com Kicking ass in the name of science! Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:44:03 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 en hourly 1 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2010/04/inkjet-hacked-to-print-skin-grafts/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2010/04/inkjet-hacked-to-print-skin-grafts/#comments Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:44:03 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/?p=1159 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2010/04/inkjet-hacked-to-print-skin-grafts/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/11/soft-body-robotics/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/11/soft-body-robotics/#comments Wed, 11 Nov 2009 13:33:51 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/?p=1152 No longer tin men, robots of the future will be morphing squid-like beasts! Thanks, Brian! ]]> http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/11/soft-body-robotics/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/07/mystery-life-form-filmed-in-us-sewer/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/07/mystery-life-form-filmed-in-us-sewer/#comments Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:15:11 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/?p=1148 Water companies often send robotic cameras down sewers and surface water drains to inspect blockages or assess damage. This one found something weird. As surface water drains often empty directly into natural watercourses, sometimes aquatic life gets washed up the pipe by floods or tidal flow. Some have suggested these weird blobs [...]]]> http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/07/mystery-life-form-filmed-in-us-sewer/feed/ 4 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/05/green-porno/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/05/green-porno/#comments Mon, 25 May 2009 11:07:28 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/?p=1139 Isabella Rossellini made a series of short videos for the 2008 Sundance Film Festival taking a bizarre and hilarious look at sex in the natural world.  Wonderfully, you can find all of these films on YouTube, so here’s earthworm sex and praying mantis sex to get you started. If you liked this blend of humour [...]]]> http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/05/green-porno/feed/ 1 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/04/how-to-be-open-minded/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/04/how-to-be-open-minded/#comments Sun, 05 Apr 2009 11:04:56 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/04/how-to-be-open-minded/ Often I’ve told people: “Don’t be so open-minded that your brain falls out”.  This video is a far more helpful and nuanced description on why being open minded doesn’t mean believing in everything and anything. ]]> http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/04/how-to-be-open-minded/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/the-bizarre-blanket-octopus/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/the-bizarre-blanket-octopus/#comments Wed, 25 Mar 2009 18:32:19 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/the-bizarre-blanket-octopus/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/the-bizarre-blanket-octopus/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/surfing-the-gravitational-waves/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/surfing-the-gravitational-waves/#comments Mon, 16 Mar 2009 10:34:28 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/surfing-the-gravitational-waves/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/03/surfing-the-gravitational-waves/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/02/richard-wiseman-science-ninja/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/02/richard-wiseman-science-ninja/#comments Mon, 02 Feb 2009 09:46:27 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/02/richard-wiseman-science-ninja/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/02/richard-wiseman-science-ninja/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/dr-delauriers-fantastic-flying-machines/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/dr-delauriers-fantastic-flying-machines/#comments Sat, 31 Jan 2009 11:53:56 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/?p=1102 Dr James DeLaurier is an inventor and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto Institute for Aerospace Studies.  This is his ‘Flapper’, the first ever human-carrying ornithopter.  DeLaurier also has the claim to the first ever microwave-powered aircraft, a small helicopter that drew power from a high-energy radio beam directed at it from underneath. ]]> http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/dr-delauriers-fantastic-flying-machines/feed/ 0 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/fireball-seen-over-gothenburg-sweden-video/ http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/fireball-seen-over-gothenburg-sweden-video/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 14:40:55 +0000 Frank the SciencePunk http://www.sciencepunk.com/v5/?p=1086 http://www.sciencepunk.com/2009/01/fireball-seen-over-gothenburg-sweden-video/feed/ 1