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Science

Why Pot Makes You Hungry

Hey Weed Warriors! Thanks to the upcoming 420 holiday, you’re probably going to have scientific questions. Anticipating your interrogative state, here’s a groovy video of me explaining the “whys” of the pot/hunger connection. Well…just the one “why,” really. Apparently this video was shot in the 70s, when I worked for the DHARMA Initiative.

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Foot Fetfish…

…was the worst pun I could come up with to describe this horrible, horrible sounding pedicure treatment. The Garra Rufa, which feeds on dead skin and even delicious psoriasis, is also known as the "Doctor Fish," because you know how doctors love to eat their patient’s sickness right off them. Well, plucky Virginia spa-owner [...]

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Lasers On Yo Grill

You know the problem with lasers? They’re far too cool and exciting. For years science fiction has been showing us that lasers can do everything from shooting at aliens to shrinking our vaginae (that one came true). Finally, someone has made lasers boring. Effective, yes, but definitely a snore. That someone is dentists. Apparently, bacteria [...]

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DNAsian

Deoxyribonucleic Acid! It’s not just for Nature anymore, thanks to Japan. Chemists there have recently stitched together the first viable artificial DNA strand. Normally, DNA uses the same four bases (A, T, C, G) to construct a variety of organic material, from everything to everything else. Never one to be outdone by the limitations of [...]

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Electrocute Your Pickle

Watch as I narrate a thing which you, of course, shouldn’t try at home!!!

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Nitrocellulose Pwns Lance Burton

Hey, Cotton…Nitric and sulfuric acids OWN your ass! The aforementioned cellular ass-owning was recently demonstrated by Dr. Chris Schrempp and myself on Wired Science. While this experiment would have no doubt led to accusations of witchcraft and bodily crushing by stones as directed by a 17th-century Middlesex court, today’s Science has rendered its exhibitors little [...]

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What's Inside Rainn Wilson?

Many years ago, Rainn Wilson and I were skillfully carved up by Rob Zombie in a movie. Now, reunited in the name of science, we peel back the enigmatic layers of a common household item to reveal the pulpy chemical center. Rainn was kind enough to take an afternoon away from The Office to donate [...]

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Hey Ravers! Make a Glow Stick!

Going to a rave in 1993? You need a glow stick! I can’t help you with the Dr. Seuss hat and clock necklace, but I did manage to dig up some chemicals on the web that were flagged as hazardous materials three whole times before they were delivered. All you need is hundreds of dollars [...]

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Chem Lab!

This was a particularly fun segment to shoot. It’s part 1 of a 2 part series of exothermic reactions. Dr. Chris Schrempp, professor of chemistry at Los Osos High School in Rancho Cucumonga, was kind enough to drop by and make the most of the WiSci flask and hot plate set.

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What's Inside? Episode 2

All stuff has smaller stuff in it! Look out for the moment that reveals the depths of my Harry Potter nerddom.

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