It turns out that the Milky Way is part of a much bigger cluster, a supercluster, of galaxies called Laniakea.
A team of scientists based in Hawaii recently came up with a new technique that maps the universe according to the flow of galaxies across space, in the process redefining our home supercluster which they named Laniakea.
All these years and you’ve been cutting cake completely wrong—shame on you and your ancestors.
But at least now you can put your wrongdoing to right by watching this and finally learning the correct way to slice a birthday cake.
If you can be bothered to raise your hand and press play on this video, you can find out why you’re so much lazier than everybody else.
It turns out you might be able to blame the fact you sit around all day acting like a sloth on your genes, meaning you’re predetermined to want to do absolutely nothing.
What with Godzilla soon to be rampaging across cinemas, Warp Zone try and explain the possible existence of such a giant monster using science.
Thing is science couldn’t possibly support the idea of such a large, cumbersome beastie charging about and causing a ruckus—and this is why science and Hollywood should never mix.
You might call them red heads, gingas, rangas, flame-haired, carrot top or Scottish, but do you know what’s responsible for their crop of orange hair?
No, but science does and in this SciShow they reveal the genetics behind red tops and explore some of the myths surrounding the trusty rusties.
Wanna lose those Christmas pounds? Then haul your ass down to McDs and eat yourself some transfats.
Following in the footsteps of Morgan Spurlock, a US science teacher eats nothing but McDonald’s for 90 days and sheds 30 pounds. The conclusion: science says it’s OK to gorge on fast food. Yay!
Ah yes, “fucking magnets, how do they work?”—a line made famous by Insane Clown Posse’s track Miracles.
But you know what, how do they fucking work? It’s something to do with energy-related vectors and shit. Just watch the damn video.
If you thought being bored was bad, just wait until you hear about the later stages of what will happen to your brain.
Because boredom is just the beginning, if left unchecked you’ll end up going crazy. So next time you’re bored, remember you might be going mad. No biggie.
