Sometimes, we forget that science is not only in labs and textbooks it’s all around us. From the way soap cleans our hands to how plants turn sunlight into energy, tiny scientific principles are shaping our daily lives. What’s one simple science fact that recently amazed you in your everyday routine?

2 hours ago, jacobrod4429 said:

Sometimes, we forget that science is not only in labs and textbooks it’s all around us. From the way soap cleans our hands to how plants turn sunlight into energy, tiny scientific principles are shaping our daily lives. What’s one simple science fact that recently amazed you in your everyday routine?

The exponential growth in AI spambots infesting forums such as this one.

4 hours ago, exchemist said:

The exponential growth in AI spambots infesting forums such as this one.

One day, they'll learn to assimilate and then we'll be buggered...

9 hours ago, jacobrod4429 said:

Sometimes, we forget that science is not only in labs and textbooks it’s all around us. From the way soap cleans our hands to how plants turn sunlight into energy, tiny scientific principles are shaping our daily lives. What’s one simple science fact that recently amazed you in your everyday routine?

I am amazed at pretty much everything to do with rotational dynamics. I recently discovered the Dzhanibekov effect, which has shaken to the core my understanding of spinning objects.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Dzhanibekov_effect.ogv/Dzhanibekov_effect.ogv.720p.vp9.webm

Edited October 22Oct 22 by KJW

3 hours ago, exchemist said:

The exponential growth in AI spambots infesting forums such as this one.

At least they are easy to spot, they all use the same framework.

1 hour ago, KJW said:

I am amazed at pretty much everything to do with rotational dynamics. I recently discovered the Dzhanibekov effect, which has shaken to the core my understanding of spinning objects.

https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/b/be/Dzhanibekov_effect.ogv/Dzhanibekov_effect.ogv.720p.vp9.webm

There is a really interesting derivation of how this leads to chaotic motion in this book (which is fascinating in itself)

Oxford University Press 1997

Self-control and delayed gratification in cuttlefish. They can pass the classic marshmallow test. (Or its equivalent)

The Conversation

Clever cuttlefish show advanced self-control, like chimps...

A marine version of the Stanford marshmallow experiment helped show cuttlefish can delay gratification.

13 hours ago, jacobrod4429 said:

What’s one simple science fact that recently amazed you in your everyday routine?

Your turn, Jacob. What amazed you?