11 cheap gifts guaranteed to impress science geeks - Crazy as a Bag of Hammers - Humour, Jokes and fun stuff. The 6 Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever Discovered in Space. #3. A Cold Star Here's the very first lesson you learned about the cosmos: The sun is hot. Even before you knew what the sun was, or what a star was made of, you knew that. When you get into the science of it, you realize that you were even more right than you thought: The surface of the sun is about 10,000 degrees Fahrenheit, and several thousand times hotter than that at the core. So, yeah, the one thing we know about stars is that you don't ever want to try to land on one, unless you want to instantly burst into flame. Photos.comThough you could pretend you were that Nazi guy from Raiders of the Lost Ark. But, scientists have recently discovered that's not always the case.
Photos.comYou could be the first prostitute to work a star. How is This Even Possible? WISE 1828+2650 is part of a small group of cold stars known as brown dwarfs. Via Earthsky.orgNo, you're doing great, little guy. . #2. Via Wikimedia Commons Via VJkrishna.com"Y'all ain't shit. " Via WikipediaFatass. #1. Like this thing: Random cool & funny pictures. JPG Dump. The 6 Most Frequently Quoted Brain Facts (That Are Total BS) After millennia of research, experts still don't know very much about the human brain. As such, most of what you have picked up on the subject from pop culture is just laughably wrong. In fact, we'll bet you even heard some or all of these brain myths in school at some point ... #6.
"Alcohol Kills Brain Cells! " What you heard: It's the reason Homer Simpson gets stupider every season, and it's what your mom warned you about when you got caught sneaking a beer from dad's stash when you were 13: Every beer you drink kills something like a million brain cells and makes you permanently stupider. Getty"Goodbye, Algebra 2!
" The truth: Let's get this out of the way now -- too much alcohol does a whole host of horrible shit to just about every organ in your body. Getty"Asleep" isn't the same as "brain damaged. " The whole idea of alcohol destroying your brain actually dates back to the temperance movement in America, circa 1830. Getty"So this guy, he turned and said ... and said ... shit. . #5. . #4.