What in the heck is “water poisoning”?

YES! Just what Geek Slop likes to see – a kid interested in learning! Check back here every week to see what the new Science Word of the Day is. Just think, after a year of this you’ll be a genius! This science word for today is: “water poisoning”.

NASA just released this satellite image of an eerie red glow over the Midwestern and Eastern United States. If your reaction was similar to Geek Slop’s (he threw on his hat and ran to the closet to grab his suitcase), you might think this is a bad thing. It’s not.

Third-graders explaining their science projects to Navy personnel

Science Fair judges can be pretty weird. If you could get into their head and figure out how they think, you’d have the upper hand in the contest – right? Well since we can’t get into their heads (you don’t have a medical degree yet so don’t even think about it), we’ll do the next…

Scientists with too much time on their hands have just finished a study that found peeing in the pool, which contains chlorinated water, is creating a deadly combination of chemicals. The chemical that results, cyanogen chloride, is known to the military as “CK” and is considered a chemical warfare weapon. So yeah, your pee in…

X-Rays are really quite amazing when you really think about it. I mean, come on guys, it lets you see right through things! Image how much fun it would be to have x-ray vision. When dad left for work you could snicker about his polka-dotted boxer underwear. At Wal-Mart you could look at closed-up stuff…

Like Jupiter, Saturn is a large, gaseous planet composed mostly of the gases hydrogen and helium. Saturn has a magnetic field 1,000 times stronger than Earth’s but not as strong as Jupiter’s. Due to its gaseous nature, Saturn’s density is so low that it could float in an ocean of water. It probably has a…

Chuetsau earthquake damage to Yamabe Bridge

Earthquakes are no laughing matter. They are the result of vibrations in the Earth’s outer crust. These vibrations are caused when underground rock slips. The Earth’s crust is made of large plates of rock. Over time these layers of rock slowly move causing the plates to slip against each other. These tectonic type earthquakes occur…

Galileo, pronounced gal uh LAY oh (1564-1642), an Italian astronomer and physicist, has been called the founder of modern experimental science. Galileo made the first effective use of the refracting telescope to discover important new facts about astronomy. He also discovered the law of falling bodies as well as the law of the pendulum. Galileo…

So be honest with Geek Slop. How many times have your parents told you to go brush your teeth? Six time today ?!?! We all know that brushing your teeth is needed to keep your teeth healthy and white. If you were an elephant though, healthy teeth would not be a problem. Elephants simply grow…