Category: Science and Tech

Whoa! Who knew that a cornstarch video (WMV File) could be so cool? via

From the observing a phenomenon changes the phenomenon department comes this article suggesting that penguins that have been tagged for research tracking breed half as well as their untagged compatriots. That sucks. Our efforts to learn and maybe even help some endangered species have even further jeopardized their chances for survival. Also, at this point…

Scientific American has an article, The First Nanochips that details some of the challenges and solutions that develop as the semi-conductor industry races to build ever smaller/faster microprocessors. There are some seriously smart people who are building things that are incredibly small.

It turns out there’s a weird convergence of planets going on right now. If you time it right, you can see Jupiter, Saturn, Mars, Venus and Mercury with the naked eye. That won’t happen again for more than 30 years. I may need to take a trip into the desert next weekend and do a…

A recent study indicates that eating half a grapefruit with each meal helps to facilitate weight loss and reduces insulin levels. It’s too bad I find the stuff so vile. I wonder if other large fruits would have a similar effect. Does the grapefruit really do something or is it just that people tend to…

Boy, when I first came across a toilet that flushed itself, I thought I was living in the future. Then I discovered the sinks that turn themselves on (which I still find to be indescribably cool). But, now I see that those were all just old-school tech. Forget about self-flushing. How about no flushing? The…

Coolest Site Ever: Make toys at home with common household materials, often in only a few minutes, that demonstrate fascinating scientific principles. Via

Now, wait just a minute. You’re saying that A * B != B * A? That just doesn’t make any sense at all. They have to be equal. They just have to be! But, according to the Scientific American article: The Future of String Theory, they may not be at very, super, ridiculously small sizes.…

Pyramids, Stonehenge – these construction projects are nothing compared to what the United Arab Emirates are doing. They’re building Massive Islands. They’re just raising them right up out of the sea like magic or something. It’s taken years of planning, and enough fill materials to circle the globe about 3 times. It is just so…

Nice to see medical science making progress with understanding Alzheimer’s. If there is a disease out there that scares me to no end it would have to be that one. I can’t even imagine how frustrating it must be to have something as fundamental as yourself betray you like that. The Wired article also has…