Awesome sight of both double and quadruple rainbows was available to New Yorkers.

Richie BartlettSleep should be in your top 5 priorities. We spend (or at least are supposed to spend) a third of our day sleeping. Sleep is much more than a passive activity; we need that time to clear our minds and restore our ⋯

Watch Japan’s Maglev Train Reach Speeds Of 500km/h A train that zips between cities at speeds of up to 500 kilometers per hour (311 miles per hour) was taken for a test run in Japan. The BBC has released footage of 100 ⋯

Richie BartlettTechnology… and… idiots. I love technology. 🙂 IFLScienceNovember 7, 2014Our universe is a pretty amazing place.By Abstruse Goose.

Video (2:09 minutes) 🔗 Assumably the use of herbs and trees in cases of wounds and ailments was, as has been observed in several other cultures, partly based on the observation of animals. This is mentioned by several classic ⋯

Richie BartlettMakes sense…If we have Earthquakes, moonquakes, and Marsquakes, then it goes with reason that solar masses would also have similar mechanics.Not sure I would want to be around the Sun when it has a large ⋯

IFLScienceAugust 14, 2014The lethal doses of common chemicals.By Compound Interest.

Toledo, Ohio is the fourth largest city in Ohio, which made this weekend’s ban on tap water incredibly problematic. For three days, nearly 500,000 people and their pets were not able to utilize water municipal water for ⋯

Richie BartlettSurfer’s paradise found in the Arctic…Still believe global warming is not affecting you? The Arctic Ice-cap has a new enemy: huge waves. For the first time, 5 meter swells have been detected in the Arctic. The ⋯

Richie BartlettWe should have MORE of these in all the major cities around the world!This way, we can prevent a significant amount of plastic from ruining our economies and environment. Humans produce around 300 million tons ⋯

The ability of young children to distinguish fact from fiction varies considerably with exposure to religion, two new studies have found. Children who did not attend parochial (religious) schools or church were significantly ⋯

IFLScienceToday would have been the 158th birthday of noted inventor at futurist, Nikola Tesla. Nikola TeslaLet the future tell the truth, an evaluate each one according to his work and accomplishments.The present is theirs; ⋯

Richie BartlettWould you like some extra plastic with your fish? Each year, humans produce about 300 million tons of plastic. A considerable amount of that ends up in the ocean, posing a risk to marine life. It isn’t just ⋯

Richie BartlettAs it would turn out… I am at least two percent Neanderthal!😃Love cold weather like a polar bear… The evolutionary tree for modern humans a bit of a mess - humans haven’t had a close relative on this planet ⋯

Did you know?You are never actually touching anything. Your atoms’ electrons repel objects when they are 10^-8 meters away from you, but you can feel the force of the resistance. Technically right now, you’re hovering.

IFLScienceJune 11, 2014By Pearls Of Raw Nerdism, via AsapSCIENCE.

Before Jessica Lee graduated high school last year, she went out with more street cred than anybody else who has ever made a chemistry joke in school with her yearbook quote. While her peers were probably quoting Ferris ⋯

Who wants a virtual reality headset?“Cluck cluck.” - I’ll take that as a resounding “yes.” In recent years, people have started to take animal welfare very seriously and slowly we are starting to see a change in the way that ⋯