I'm sure it's all just coincidence. Just like breathing is causing the sea level to rise. Via Chris...
Category - Science
The Future of Computer Interfaces
Soon, we won't have to touch a damn thing: Leap Motion claims its device is 200 times more accurate...
Scientists Can Test to See If the Universe Is a Computer Simulation
What if they discover we're all in the Matrix, or that we're inside a colossal version of The Sims...
A Light That Runs on Gravity (Sort Of)
Via Andrew Sullivan: Technically, as some of Sullivan's readers have pointed out, the power comes...
It Snows Dry Ice On Mars
Time for a quick sanity break. Observers at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced yesterday...
The First Animal That Can Survive in the Vacuum of Space
Did "Water Bears" come from space? Who knows, but they can definitely survive in space.
Should There Really Be Experiments Like This?
Yikes. BERKELEY, Calif. (CBS Seattle) – It sounds like something out of the movie “Johnny...
Mr. Wizard Was A Dick
I used to watch the show and wonder why any kid would want to share a camera with this guy...
The Most Awesome Thing You'll See All Day
The size of the universe is beyond what any of us can fully grasp. But this helps: The Universe...
Is There a Mirror Universe?
I love the notion of a parallel universe that's exactly the opposite of this one (or are we the...
Volkswagon Delivers the Hover Car
This is what everyone has been waiting for. An actual hover car that isn't just a jacked up...
Mach 20
DARPA, the makers of nightmarish herky-jerky Terminator robots, also made an unmanned vessel called...
Billions and Billions of Stars
The view from the International Space Station. Utterly mesmerizing.
No More Clock Touching!
Not only do I think we should get rid of moving the clocks twice a year, but Brad Plumer thinks we...
The Case for NASA and Space Exploration
Via Sullivan, Neil deGrasse Tyson makes a very moving argument for why we should continue to fund...
One of the Most Mind-Blowing Things Ever
This interactive feature allows you to scroll from the smallest items in the known universe to the...
How Much Does the Internet Weigh?
At some point, someone had to ask. This is really cool: Answer? 0.2 millionths of an ounce. By the...
Creepy Science Thing of the Day
Scientists at University of California-Berkeley were able to record a person's thoughts and turn...
The Vastness of Time and Space
Some universal truth for you to ponder this morning. Catch a glimpse of a relatively nearby star...
Doof Quote of the Day
“You go back to the Founding Fathers, as far as they were concerned, they’d already had the entire...