http://sortingoutscience.net Science for people who never knew it could be interesting Thu, 24 May 2012 01:57:36 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/05/18/casual-friday-video-puzzle/ http://sortingoutscience.net/2012/05/18/casual-friday-video-puzzle/#comments Fri, 18 May 2012 12:20:30 +0000 Sam Wise http://sortingoutscience.net/?p=1630 Nothing super-educational about this Casual Friday. Just a fun and really impressive fan video for the song "We are Young" by Fun., starring 4 iPhones and an army of handlers...

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