Watch and learn...my favourite science videos, fascinating demonstrations, experiments, interviews and scientific show and tell

• Bee team funded by Bayer - It is revealed that the lead investigator in the study that recently published results suggesting that bee colony collapse disorder (CCD) is due to the combined effect of a virus and a fungus is funded by the insecticide company (Bayer). The researcher denies that this funding is connected to the research, it pays for other work, but you can't help but wonder whether there is a conflict of interest here.
• 45 Different Services, Sites, and Apps to Help You Read Your Favorite Sites (Like How-To Geek) - How-To Geek - Ever wonder how geeks stay connected with their favorite blogs and writers? Read on to learn about RSS feeds and how easy they are to use with these 45 apps, services, and websites that can help you stay current.
• Test Your IPv6 Connectivity - You may have seen an increasing number of articles about IPv6 in the past year. IPv6 is an Internet Protocol that has been designed as the successor of the currently used IPv4 protocol. IPv4 has been in use since the 80s and it is quickly coming to its limits. The main problem with it is that IPv4 runs out of available IP address space as its limit is around 4 billion IP addresses which servers, ISPs, Internet users, devices and websites have to share.
• How To Solve A Rubik’s Cube - The Rubik’s Cube was a very successful puzzle toy back in the 80′s back when it first came out. More than 350 million units have been sold since then and chance is you find one eventually at a friend’s house or even at your own. The majority of people who tried to solve the cube gave up in frustration, which maybe would not have happened if they would have taken a look at the How To Solve A Rubik’s Cube application first. Incidentally, me and a friend learned the techniques and used to race it each to complete the cube. We could both do it in under a minute at the time (me 47s fastest, he 42s, hello Phil W!)