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rdmMad Science isn't all about death rays and trying to take over the world. I mean there are some in the community who go in for that sort of thing, but really? Death rays are a dime a dozen - there is no real challenge to them, and what do they really do to expand our scientific knowledge? Nothing. Now I know what you are thinking, and yes, some of what some of us do is not morally defensible, and I'm not going to pretend that that sort of thing is something I support. But that is what we have superheros for, right? To deal with those sorts. The rest of us just want to answer the really hard questions. "Can you stop time?" "Can you travel in time?" "How many licks does it take to get to the centre of various lollypops?" "What if the moon were transparent?" "Is vampirism a disease or genetic?" Those sorts of things.Why just last week I helped out a fellow who wanted to know about one of those. We only caused a couple of tidal waves, and to be honest, Florida is better off for them. And he got his answer. So you see? We just want to help people.<a href="https://aus.social/tags/SF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/SFF" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#SFF</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/microfiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#microfiction</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/tootfic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#tootfic</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/IAmWriting" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#IAmWriting</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a>

rdmI'm sure you've all asked yourselves the question that used to keep me up at nights - "If the moon were transparent, what would an eclipse look like?" - right?You never asked yourself that question? Why not? Well, never mind, here is your answer. I commissioned the local mad scientist to create a moon transparenciser and a gravity gun to change the orbit to get a solar eclipse just where we wanted it. We put it back afterwards, I'm sure no-one noticed. And the transparenciser wore off after a few minutes. But it was enough for me to get this photo. <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astrophotography</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/Astrodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Astrodon</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/astronomy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#astronomy</a> <a href="https://aus.social/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> (Or maybe it is just a <a href="https://aus.social/tags/DoubleExposure" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DoubleExposure</a> )

J. Steven York RESISTSI'm late shooting another "Minions at Work" photo cartoon for Pulphouse Fiction Magazine, so I had to build this mad scientist lab this afternoon, and will be shooting tonight. These are some test and behind-the-scenes pictures. <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/photoComics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#photoComics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/minionsAtWork" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#minionsAtWork</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/PulphouseFictionMagazine" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PulphouseFictionMagazine</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/actionFigures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#actionFigures</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/madScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#madScientist</a>

Auld Ma TwəggHumans don't have particularly good eyes, but we have great visual processing in our brains. Mantis shrimp have great eyes, but not particularly good visual processing. Who's up for some unethical experimentation?<a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/vision" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#vision</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://sauropods.win/tags/shrimp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#shrimp</a>

Girl GeniusYesterday I did my best to photograph all our extra Kickstarter campaign medals from old campaigns. I'll be listing those on BackerKit once the current campaign ends in 7 days. Here's one of my favorites!<a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/girlgenius" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#girlgenius</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/comics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#comics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/webcomics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webcomics</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/webcomic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#webcomic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/foglio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#foglio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/philfoglio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#philfoglio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/kajafoglio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#kajafoglio</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/sciencefiction" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sciencefiction</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/fantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#fantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/gaslampfantasy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#gaslampfantasy</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#steampunk</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/hugoawardwinner" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#hugoawardwinner</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/madscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#madscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/backerkit" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#backerkit</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/owl" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#owl</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a> <a href="https://mastodon.online/tags/books" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#books</a>

J. Steven York RESISTSI see no way that this is, or could go, wrong...<a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#science</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/bugs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#bugs</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cockroach" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cockroach</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/cyborgs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#cyborgs</a> <a href="https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290724/cyborg-cockroaches-can-now-be-mass-produced-robotic-factory-pleasant-dreams" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank">https://www.scmp.com/news/china/science/article/3290724/cyborg-cockroaches-can-now-be-mass-produced-robotic-factory-pleasant-dreams</a>

Hamish The PolarBearTonight - not just Faff™ but Über-Faff™ !!! In a very convoluted way I am hoping to get my 800XL working on stream while we talk about refurbs and mods too. If you like "don't try this at home" and "that shouldn't work" and general mad scientist shit - this is a stream for you. <a href="https://watch.thepolarbear.co.uk" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">watch.thepolarbear.co.uk</a> <a href="https://mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk/tags/Atari" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Atari</a> <a href="https://mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk/tags/LiveStream" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#LiveStream</a> <a href="https://mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk/tags/Owncast" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Owncast</a> <a href="https://mewblog.thepolarbear.co.uk/tags/MadScience" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a>

brainwiseYour Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist was a featured edutainer at this evening's Science Fair and Engineer Expo at Buckingham Elementary School. And what was the topic of this science edutainment? Making Slime! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a>

brainwiseYour Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist spent the morning of Presidents' Day doing some Chem Curiosities: Molecule Models, Polyacrylamide Demo, Street Chalk, Baggie Science, and ... Canister Rockets! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/PlopPlopFizzFizz" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PlopPlopFizzFizz</a>

brainwiseYour Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist capped off today's morning camp with crystal gardens in canisters! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CrystalGardens" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CrystalGardens</a>

brainwiseHere is Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist enjoying a celebratory coffee after teaching the CHEM CURIOSITIES camp. This is also after rewriting driving instructions for other Mad Scientists to find this particular park building in Blue Bell, PA. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a>

Erotic Mythology 🏳️‍🌈OMG OMG <a href="https://mastodon.social/@linda_sejic" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@linda_sejic</a> just joined the chat, this is not a drill!Follow her for beautiful and comedic art, emotional storytelling, and puns. Lots of puns 😁 <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/mythology" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@mythology</a> <a href="https://a.gup.pe/u/bookstodon" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@bookstodon</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indie" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indie</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieArtist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indieArtist</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/indieComic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#indieComic</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#mythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GreekMythology" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#GreekMythology</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/madscience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#madscience</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/sliceoflife" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sliceoflife</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/reading" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#reading</a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/rec" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#rec</a>

brainwiseUsing leftover dry ice to keep my cold brew coffee... cold.<a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/DryIce" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#DryIce</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/coffee" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#coffee</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/AfterTheScienceShenanigans" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#AfterTheScienceShenanigans</a>

brainwiseSo, I'm just rolling with this monstrosity in the back seat. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/CanIt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#CanIt</a>

brainwiseWhat does Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist do when, as he is cleaning up after his last scheduled show, another group of camp counselors and kids walk into the room and ask, "Where should they sit for the second show?"Well, he calls Mad Science HQ and finds out if he can squeeze in one more performance before bringing the kit back.Spoiler alert: He did the second show. (His third overall today). Happy Friday! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a>

brainwiseI was definitely in the paint for more than three seconds. Fortunately, there were no NBA refs present for my Fire and Ice show at the Upper Perkiomen Valley YMCA this afternoon. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/BasketballFoul" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#BasketballFoul</a>

brainwiseSun setting behind the Southampton Free Library. Caught this as I was driving away after my show there this evening. <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/sunset" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#sunset</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/library" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#library</a>

brainwiseSome Wacky Science happened today. Three times! Courtesy of Your Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist, of course! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/WackyScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#WackyScience</a>

brainwiseYour Friendly Neighborhood Mad Scientist sported his new SCIENCE! t-shirt this morning. It has an illustration of a penguin using a jet pack! <a href="https://mas.to/tags/MadScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#MadScience</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#YourFriendlyNeighborhoodMadScientist</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Science</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/penguin" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#penguin</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/JetPack" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#JetPack</a> <a href="https://mas.to/tags/Tshirt" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Tshirt</a>

LuxomancerNot all fireworks need involve explosives, sometimes <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/HighVoltage" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#HighVoltage</a> can be quite nice 😂 <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Pentax" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Pentax</a> K-01, 90mm <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/macro" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#macro</a> A misused @HarborFreight electric bug racket and an old motor armature.<a href="https://mindly.social/tags/PhotographersOfMastodon" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#PhotographersOfMastodon</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Macrophotography" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Macrophotography</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/madScience" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#madScience</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Shocking" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#Shocking</a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/4thofJuly" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#4thofJuly</a>

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