Friday, January 4, 2013 - 1:24pm
A new study that attempts to pin a number on the amount of planets in a normal galaxy offers as lot of promise for the future of interplanetary exploration.
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Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 1:10pm
Most robots at least try to be cute and cuddly, but not Vomiting Larry. The robot is designed to projectile vomit up to 10 feet.
Thursday, January 3, 2013 - 11:58am
According to a researcher in New Zealand, new evidence suggests the U.S. and the U.K. evaluated the viability of using 33-foot tsunami waves as weapons.
Friday, December 21, 2012 - 5:42pm
Shake your head back and forth. Did you feel like you were making an absolutely insane looking expression? Probably not, but, as you'll see in this video (which would make a great screensaver), viewed in slow motion you would have — most likely, just for a moment — appeared rather silly.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 1:03pm
Whether we call it the fountain of youth, or just a beauty potion, humanity has long been on the hunt for a magic elixir to ward off the effects of aging. Now a research team in China has reportedly come up with what they believe could in fact be a real anti-aging formula.
Thursday, December 20, 2012 - 11:35am
Everything from big budget science fiction films to very real ancient texts have primed us for any number of doomsday scenarios promising to bring an end to civilization as we know it. But none have gained more traction in recent years than the Mayan calendar end-of-days prophecy. To address these concerns, NASA has released a new video in which the agency seeks to debunk any fears of a cosmic catastrophe.
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 4:39pm
Whether it's a local politician claiming Native American ancestry or your hipster friend asserting some vague familial connection to French aristocracy, thanks to advances in science it's becoming increasingly difficult to obscure one's true ancestry.
Friday, December 14, 2012 - 2:31pm
Most of us are aware that inhaling a mouthful of helium can give a person's voice a humorous, high-pitched tone that mimics a vocal recording played at high speed. But what some of you may not know is there is in fact another gas that has exactly the opposite effect, as a simple science lesson recently delivered by a high school teacher shows.
Friday, December 7, 2012 - 1:17pm
For heart patients, signing up to implant a pacemaker in your chest isn't casual choice. Nevertheless, the technology has saved numerous lives over the years. This week a new development was unveiled that uses a similar device to treat to Alzheimer's patients with what's essentially a pacemaker for the brain.
Thursday, December 6, 2012 - 2:37pm
Get excited piña colada fans: did you know that there's a whole team of scientists working to perfect the signature flavors in this mixed drink? Sure, some researchers are working on cures for cancer or whatever, but these folks get to mess around with pineapples that taste like coconuts all day long.
