Vsauce: English & Psychology

A particularly interesting episode of vsauce outlining some of the abnormalities of the English languages as well as weird facts including that "Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo" is a grammatically correct sentence (see the Wikipedia article for more info).

M of the M

Mario of the Month for March. Found: here.

M of the M

Mario of the Month for February.

Restart Page & Robot Hand

Two completely unrelated internet finds, one about a nice robotics feat and a restart page with all the major operating system, a bit weird but cool nonetheless!

From: http://www.socialsignal.com/image/short-and-sweet

M of the M

Mario of the Month for January. Found here.

Algebra as geometry

I love this simple, obvious geometric proof that (x + y)^2 = x^2 + 2xy + y^2. I wish someone has shown this to me when they first taught me algebra; it would have made things a lot clearer to me.

[Image from: http://www.mathaware.org/mam/00/master/essays/B3D/2/binomial.html]

Pi is wrong [!]

This site argues that that 2 * pi (= tau) would be a more rational (ha ha!) constant to use than pi. Radical proposition, dude.

Microscopic working engine

I love microscopic machines. "German physicists say they've built a heat engine measuring only a few micrometers across which works as well as a normal-sized version - although it sputters, they admit."
Via: www.tgdaily.com

First Planet Confirmed Within "Habitable Zone" According to NASA

Of the thousands of planets that could possibly hold life, only one (so far) has been confirmed to be within the "perfect" location for liquefaction of water (as opposed to being on the edge). Read the full article on Kepler-22b here.