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Alka Seltzer Added To Water Drop… In Space [VIDEO] 8 Jan 2010 | 05:52 pm
Here’s a video of an astronaut on the International Space Station demonstrating the chemical process that occurs when water is rapidly carbonated in zero-gravity. Really cool — can you guess what will...
Scientists Develop Laser-Powered Mosquito Defense System 6 Jan 2010 | 10:16 am
Lowell Wood, an astrophysicist who in the 1980s came up with the ‘Star Wars’ plan to defend the United States against the threat of Soviet missiles, is having his idea implemented on a much smaller sc...
Sunset As Seen From Space 28 Dec 2009 | 08:14 am
This image is a composite composed of several satellite images that accurately depicts the pattern that is visible from space.
20 Things That Happen In 1 Minute 26 Dec 2009 | 07:43 am
Really interesting infographic, see it in full after the jump. I don’t know the source of this infographic, but if someone does please tell. Via Digg >
Stem Cell Therapy Cures Man’s Blindness 25 Dec 2009 | 01:13 pm
A man who had been blind in one eye has had his vision near-completely restored thanks to a breakthrough stem cell treatment. Russell Thurnbull had ammonia sprayed in his eye after trying to break up...
Wireless Mind-Reading Machine Helps ‘Locked-In’ Man Speak Through Thought 23 Dec 2009 | 12:49 pm
Scientists have successfully demonstrated a machine that has allowed a man with locked-in syndrome to ’speak’ by transmitting his thoughts to a synthesizer via a wireless brain-machine interface. The...
HP Computers Are Racist 22 Dec 2009 | 12:22 pm
The face tracking in the “state-of-the-art” HP MediaSmart computer is unable to see Black Desi, but it picks up White Wanda just fine.
The Shit Box: Portable Cardboard Toilet For Going On The Go 21 Dec 2009 | 07:22 pm
The Shit Box is a compact, portable cardboard toilet that allows for easy dumping anywhere. Great for outdoor use, it is assembled easily with just a few folds. It dons a reinforced frame, and comes w...
Soviet Scientist Turns Foxes Into Puppies 21 Dec 2009 | 06:21 pm
Aww, aren’t those puppies cute? Those aren’t dogs. They’re foxes, believe it or not. In the 1950s, Soviet scientist Dmitri Belyaev set out to breed a tamer fox that would be easier for their handler...
