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A Better View Rap

Martin — Fri, 25 Jun 2010 09:47:55 +0000

Check out this rap, as featured at the end of pod 10, by Jon Chase called A Better View. Along with the tune is loads of footage and images from the Science Photo Library made into a jaw-dropping music video.

Booster Eye View

Martin — Thu, 19 Nov 2009 09:57:25 +0000

Awesome video from cameras strapped to space shuttle’s booster rockets falling to Earth.

Carl Sagan Sings

Martin — Wed, 11 Nov 2009 12:30:41 +0000

The legendary Carl Sagan would have been 75 this week, so here are a couple of autotune mashup vids of him:

Carl Sagan – ‘A Glorious Dawn’ ft Stephen Hawking (Cosmos Remixed)

Symphony of Science – ‘We Are All Connected’ (ft. Sagan, Feynman, deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye)

You can check out more info and download mp3s at Symphony of Science

The Men Who Stare at Goats

Martin — Tue, 10 Nov 2009 17:00:53 +0000

Check out Martin’s review of the science behind this movie in pod 8. Here’s the trailer of “The Men Who Stare at Goats”.

Galaxies Collide

Martin — Sun, 08 Nov 2009 16:18:07 +0000

The gorgeous Felicia Day talks galactic “collisions” in this mock behind-the-scenes look at the making of a NASA educational video.

Jesus’s Quad?

Martin — Tue, 03 Nov 2009 11:09:54 +0000

Real or Fake? Quad bike aquaplanes across water. Anyone got a quad – I fancy a try!

Weightless Moggy

Martin — Mon, 02 Nov 2009 11:13:06 +0000

A cat totally freaks out when it gets to experience 0g!

Humanthesizer

Martin — Mon, 24 Aug 2009 00:00:50 +0000

Watch the winner of our top crazy body-related musical instruments from pod 6 – Calvin Harris’ Human Synthesizer.

The experimental instrument, first developed by students at the Royal College of Art’s Industrial Design programme, turns each participant into a midi controller. Contact points on the body are painted with a special non-toxic paint named Bare which conducts electricity.