The above clip is taken from the TV show Brainiac in which professional experiments are done. If you ever find yourself with an ostrich egg and a microwave don’t try this at home.

Unless, of course, you want a broken microwave.

I must admit, I almost didn’t see this video. Watching five synchronized metronomes just didn’t sound very thrilling. But when I noticed it’s currently the number one clip on Videosift, my curiosity got the better of me.

To appreciate it you do need a little patience. But the payoff is worth it.

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Yum. Quantum physics makes me feel so hot.

You’ve seen magicians like David Blaine perform some incredible tricks. In this video, a sword is thrust through a man’s body and it doesn’t even phase him. Upon first glance it looks like yet another amazing magic trick.

But this isn’t magic, it’s science.

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Ugh, this video is horrible and virtually unwatchable, but amazing at the same time. Beat the fear, and watch 40,000 bugs eat a whole lettuce in under an hour.

As amazing as this is, watching it just fills me with dread, and makes me itch all over as I imagine all of those crickets crawling on my body.

Could it be that our brains are actually hardwired to spot snakes faster than other things? Just might be…

While it’s not exactly new news that Pluto is out there, could we finally be extending our reach even further towards the thousands of Pluto-like bodies out in space?

Despite a lot of criticism from different sources, President Bush put the United States NASA on the track to building lunar bases and possibly living on the moon.

It makes a wonderful display of fire chasing fire, that’s what happens. The best science experiments always result from eager amateurs messing about.

This is an awesome experiment, and one with results which I didn’t foresee. I thought the whole thing would go whoosh, up in flames, but science knows different.

A small group Researchers from the University of Minnesota have finally grown a functioning heart in a lab. Whether or not you think it is ethical, you still have to admit that this is a remarkable leap for the future of science.

What makes is even more amazing is that, unlike other transplant researchers, these guys didn’t use stem cells.

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