Haua (Projects Ningmaster)'s Blog Posts Tagged 'science' (23)

An Open Letter to Students Returning to School

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In which John Green gives advice to students returning to school for summer break, discusses the reasons public education exists, and celebrates the landing of…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on August 7, 2012 at 2:00pm — No Comments

The Universe is Weird: A Song

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Get Looking for Alaska

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 20, 2012 at 3:45pm — No Comments

An Army of Mindless Drones

In which Hank discusses his feelings after the first parts of Fahrenheit 451, argues with John, and takes a bite out of a banana.

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 13, 2012 at 11:58am — No Comments

Feeling More Alive: Fahrenheit 451's The Hearth and the Salamander

In which John discusses Part 1 of Ray Bradbury's Fahrenheit 451, "The Hearth and the Salamander," including discussions of Guy Montag, Clarisse, the complicated relationship between technology and nature, and more. Huzzah for the Nerdfighter Book Club!

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 11, 2012 at 9:38am — No Comments

The Physics of Book Clubs and Vidcon

In which John discusses his Vidcon experience, thanks his brother, and announces that you (yes, you!) need to read Part I of Ray Bradbury's FAHRENHEIT 451 by next Tuesday to prepare for our discussion in the Nerdfighter Book Club. (if you've read the book before, I encourage you to try reading it again with us!)

Vidcon was amazing. Thanks to everyone who was there,…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 3, 2012 at 9:47am — No Comments

It's HANKO DE MAYO!!!!!

It's Hanko de Mayo! We all know Hank loves the James Webb Space Telescope, so hopefully he'll like our gift. In addition to his gift, nerdfighteria is celebrating Hank's birthday by letting our elected officials know that Increasing Awesome through scientific exploration is important to us. You'll find the email I wrote my congressperson and senators below. You can copy it,…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on May 5, 2012 at 8:55am — 2 Comments

Can I be Space President?

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In which Hank discusses his trip to Northrop Grumman and how odd it is that the same people responsible for the most important…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on April 6, 2012 at 7:13pm — No Comments

LEGO Millenium Falcon Fun

Michael Aranda (http://www.youtube.com/michaelaranda) recently moved to Missoula to help with the production of SciShow and Crashcourse.

I was at Target and I saw this Millenium Falcon and I needed it, so we spent like four hours last night constructing it. And then I spent another four hours this morning making this…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on March 2, 2012 at 6:37pm — No Comments

The Universe Has NO EDGE!

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In which Hank explains how and why phycisists think that the univers has no…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on February 11, 2012 at 4:48am — 1 Comment

F#*%? An Explanation of Curse Words

An introduction to curse words, why they exist, where they come from, how they function, and why they are, in fact, different from other sorts of words.

And, yes, I really did say all of those bad words and, with significant detective skills you can probably figure out what it was that I was saying. Sorry for the profanity...it was interesting to scream curse words…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on December 3, 2011 at 6:49am — 1 Comment

YouTube Survey: Balls and First Kisses

In which John answers the YouTube survey of Alex Day, aka Nerimon. Watch his survey here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ogDHvxN08j4 He also discusses secret sister Maureen Johnson's amazing new book The Name of the Star, which came out yesterday. You can get it here:… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on September 30, 2011 at 2:01pm — No Comments

ELLEN HARDCASTLE IS HERE! A Reunion Video

ELLEN HARDCASTLE: http://dft.ba/hardcastle

DFTBA's servers may be slow for a while, you can also get Ellen Hardcastle on iTunes: http://bit.ly/rqbDUE

If you order the (physical) album in the next week, Hank will record a video for you featuring up to ten words of your choosing. (Really!)

Ellen Hardcastle on iTunes: http://bit.ly/rqbDUE… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 14, 2011 at 4:18am — No Comments

John Green is an IDIOT! And so are you.

In which Hank talks about how freaking stupid we are, and why. Though I would like to have gone into more detail...it's a complicated topic. Just check out this absolutely epic list of cognitive biases on wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_cognitive_biases

John is biased to like people who have pre-ordered The Fault in Our Stars:…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on July 7, 2011 at 5:16am — 3 Comments

Superhero Creation Myths

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In which Hank discusses Superhero creation myths, and how the stories we tell about superheroes reflect contemporary fears and fascinations--from Wolverine to Captain America to Spiderman to Batman to Dr.… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on March 11, 2011 at 1:03pm — No Comments

WE ARE 812 YEARS OLD

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NASA on climate change: http://climate.nasa.gov/evidence/

Scientific American: http://dft.ba/-eGR

The exhaustive and excellent wikipedia article Scientific Opinion on Climate Change: http://dft.ba/-eGS

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on February 23, 2011 at 2:19pm — No Comments

200 People in Your Pants

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That's really all you need to know. Except that Charlie totally showed me up with the "show you around my place" video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=reFmvK...

And that John and I are going to be talking some more about Moon Pasta soon...you should check this video out:… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on February 11, 2011 at 5:40pm — No Comments

Top 5 Kick-Ass Things About the Webb Telescope

The James Webb Space Telescope is the successor to the Hubble's throne. In order to pick up extremely faint infra-red signals from extremely distant stars and galaxies, the JWST has to be extremely cold. Any noise from the IR radiation of the Sun or Earth would make it impossible to see as far into the past as scientists want to.

Thus, the JWST has to be a million miles from the earth, protected by a six-layer heat shield as big as a tennis court. This will… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on February 2, 2011 at 5:10pm — 4 Comments

Is Hank Green Batman?

In which Hank actually has good news!

VIDCON 2011!!

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The 12 Colonies of Kobol

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The James Webb Space Telescope…

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Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on January 29, 2011 at 4:00am — 1 Comment

Top Six Conjoined Twin Pairs in History

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In which John creates a list of the six most important conjoined twin pairs in history (in his humble experience) while also discussing his massive zit. Twins discussed include Chang and Eng Bunker, Millie and Christine McCoy, Lori and George Schapell, Giacomo and Giovanni Tocci, and the Biddenden… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on January 12, 2011 at 3:56pm — No Comments

Concussed Question Friday

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In which John, despite giving himself a (very) mild brain jostling and/or concussion midway through filming this video, answers real questions from real… Continue

Added by Haua (Projects Ningmaster) on January 7, 2011 at 3:16pm — No Comments