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By all means try this at home! National Geographic put together a much more detailed step by step (and bit more scientific background) over on their education blog. 

If that seems too sticky, you can just WATCH THE VIDEO I made with saidandseen.

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Two French scientists at the Pierre and Marie Curie University investigated the physics of popcorn: what causes it to jump? A leg of starch slams against the ground. And what’s behind that popping sound? The explosive release of water vapor. Here’s the study.

To get a microscopic look at the starchy bubbles that make popcorn so fluffy, check out Skunk Bear’s video.

Video: SoraPhotography/iStockphoto 

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If you like comics and you know it, click this link: http://www.explosm.net

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Fan art I made about parenting for Lunarbaboon (lunarbaboon.com)

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Bæ/bae is a Danish word for poop. Also used by people on the internet who think it means baby, sweetie etc.

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Lazy afternoon Part 2 :D

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Lazy afternoon

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Swaang - Bekaar Kutte by Faiz Ahmed Faiz

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Italy at night from the ISS. [2464x1640]

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A Levitating Bluetooth Speaker

"The fact that it levitates is an insanely cool feature, but it’s actually for a practical reason: “360° sound projection reduces sound wave absorption into surfaces by levitating above the subwoofer charging station.” In layman’s terms: It makes music sound better."

source: http://www.buzzfeed.com/mallorymcinnis/gadgets-galore

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Popcorn: a matter of thermodynamics Inside, a kernel of corn is soft because it contains the endosperm, which is made of starch and water, whereas the outer shell of the corn is very hard and, while it’s cooking, behaves like a pressure cooker. The heat, in fact, transforms a part of the water in hot steam, which increases the pressure between the kernel’s walls and dissolves the starch, turning it into a sticky jelly that is mixed with the remaining water. When the pressure inside the grain reaches more or less 9 atm (in a pressure cooker you get less than 2 atm), the outer shell explodes and all the water evaporates instantly, thus cooling the gluey starch which solidifies in the typical white foam.

Asked by captainblububbles Video

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Pasta Machine

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The New Horizons spacecraft just woke up from a nine year nap. It’s three billion miles away from home, and it’s about to fly within a few thousand miles of Pluto, giving humans their first up close view of the dwarf planet.

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The author of this book has one TWISTED sense of humor :)

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Have you ever wondered: Am I a human being? Ze Frank suggests a series of simple questions that will determine this. Please relax and follow the prompts. Let's begin …