The Indian actor-director-producer Taraka Rama Rao Nandamuri (1923-1996) was the superstar of Telugu-language films in the 1950s through 1970s. (Telugu is a major language of India, spoken mainly in south central India, in and around the state of Andhra Pradesh.) … Continue reading
If it’s not too soon to revisit the 2012 campaign, here’s Bad Lip Reading’s take on the final set of debates. It’s not their best work, but still amusing: by … Continue reading
The power of whole grain compels you! by … Continue reading
This is an interesting musical composition based on assigning digits to notes in the A-minor scale and adding a complex left-hand accompaniment. There’s also some pi trivia on the visual side. As a bonus, here’s an entertaining (for math enthusiasts … Continue reading
A genus of ferns with 19 known species has been given the name Gaga by botanists at Duke University (where I used to work, for what that’s worth, and they never named anything after me), according to a Duke news … Continue reading
Here are a selection of television and movie clips from Star Trek: The Next Generation assembled to seem very naughty and fairly funny, in a frat-boy way. Probably not safe for work. by … Continue reading
This is an actual an educational video, based on the song “Hollaback Girl” by Gwen Stefani, that teaches some interesting history about the Black Plague, the horrifically deadly pandemic that wiped out about a third of Europe’s population in the … Continue reading
Many years ago I would look at pictures of the Andromeda galaxy (such as the one above) and lament that the Earth isn’t closer to something like that, so we could enjoy its spectacular beauty in our night sky. Then … Continue reading
According to a report released November 12 by the International Energy Agency (see also this New York Times article), the United States is projected to pass Russia as the word’s top producer of natural gas by 2015. (The International Energy … Continue reading
Here’s a striking graphic comparing 2011 U.S. spending on national defense versus scientific and medical research. As a bonus, the combined total budget for the National Aeronautics and Space Administration over the entirety of its existence — from its creation … Continue reading