Weird Science Weekly: Five science videos to educate and entertain

This week is a special video edition of Weird Science Weekly, gathering some of the coolest and strangest science videos from the web for your enjoyment.

50 Science Misconceptions

There tend to be a lot of weird ideas about science, the world and the universe that are floating around, mostly left over from strange science lessons, urban myths, and tall tales. It's difficult, sometimes, to get these ideas unstuck, but there's so much about science, the world and the universe that's so awesome that we can do without all these misguided 'facts'. So, to dislodge these weird ideas from our brains, let's start with a little Mental Floss:

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Amazing Facts to Blow Your Mind

With the weird ideas out and some cool science in to replace them, here's a couple of videos from Mitchell Moffit and Gregory Brown of AsapSCIENCE, to add even more amazing and weird science facts to your brain:

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How to making fake snow with Hard Science

Many parts of Canada are already seeing their first snowfalls of the year, so a lack of snow isn't something we really need to worry about here. For people living closer to the equator, they don't necessarily have to deal with shoveling it and driving in it, but they also don't really get to enjoy the cool things about it. They don't necessarily need to build a big indoor ski facility to get their first experience with snow, though. They just need a hyperabsorbent salt called sodium polyacrylate, also called 'waterlock', and some Hard Science:

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We've actually designed robots that poop...

It wouldn't be Weird Science Weekly without a story about poop, and this week doesn't disappoint. This time, though, it's about a source you probably wouldn't have anticipated — robots.

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Keep your eyes on the wonders of science, and if you spot anything particularly strange you'd like me to check out for next week, comment below or drop me a line on Twitter!

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