Last year I signed up for Arivale’s beta program. They’re attempting to quantify participants’ state of health through DNA sequencing, gut microbiome…
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The SEM has arrived. So it begins.
August 14, 2014Big thanks to everyone who helped me lug this beast into the shop last night. For something called a “microscope”,…
Swedish pulse jet sleds
March 27, 2012I haven’t had time for an update in a while. But great things are afoot. So in the meantime I…
Bullet time lightning
June 11, 2011A while back, I took some photos of my spark gap Tesla coil running. Although I did get some nice…
Plasma ball ornaments
December 24, 2010Caroline Wurden of Los Alamos High School demonstrates making ball lightning in her garage. AsĀ Focus Fusion points out, the results…
HOWTO grow your own snowflakes
December 22, 2010This fun HOWTO from Caltech shows you how to grow your own snowflakes at home with a coke bottle, a…
First-ever live birth inside an MRI
December 18, 2010Philips designed an open MRI that allows enough room for the mother to actually give birth while inside the machine.…
An Introduction to High-Magnification Macro Photography
December 14, 2010Phenomenal macro photos of various spiders, flies, and other insects. Watch in HD for full spider creep-out effect. Via Alex…