How do you light the inside of a windowless room? With a bottle of water, of course! Driven by the outrageous price of electricity in the Philippines, Illac Diaz developed this economical and environmentally-friendly alternative. And in just four months, more than 15,000 bottles have been installed. How does it work? .

And also well done on her contribution to the RIAus crochet coral reef. All the contributors for the reef have made a freaking awesome display. Tagged as Not a disease.

Once Upon A Time in Science. A Mermaid Learns to Walk. I wanna be where the people are. When the evil sea witch Ursula gave her legs she could barely take two steps. Ariel kept falling over just like a toddler. Melody had the same problems when she wanted to return to the sea. This way is left, but which way is right? All the types .

Tuesday, August 7, 2012. To understand what DINO WARS CARDS is, we first must understand DINO WARS. The crowd sourced art project kickstarted by one Punk Monk Propaganda. Thursday, July 5, 2012.

Scrutinising the hilarious, bewildering, ingenious and often disturbing uses of science in advertising. Cars genetically modified while you wait. I may have got ahead of myself. Advertising, rather than how science is used. Are you KIDDING ME? .

Young people exploring the world with science. This research focusses on attempting to model a part of the early Universe that lead to star and planet formation. Arnold Schwarzenegger in several films.

How do robots learn to walk? Hmm, well this might be a little off topic from my usual blog posts but I recently recorded an interview with Chris Lehnert, a PhD student at the Queensland University of Technology. His research is based on programming elastic robots to teach themselves how to move.