From the SciShow: As if you needed any more proof that alcohol just makes weird stuff happen, quick Questions explains why alcohol can make you /feel/ warm, when it’s actually making your body colder. You’ll never think of brandy the same way again! [SciShow]
We all know the earth could essentially be destroyed in a multitude of ways. We just like not thinking about it. We prefer to just imagine this rock floating in space with no issues whatsoever. If you are one of those people who doesn’t want to think about it, don’t watch this. For the rest […]
Newly-published research suggests the way chameleons change color may be different to previous theories. University of Geneva scientists believe the answer lies in nanocrystals rather than pigment. The ‘traditional’ theory of how chameleons are able to change color to fit their surroundings was by dispersing pigment in organelles, a ‘subunit’ within cells. In cold-blooded animals, […]
What a great way to get rid of the weeds on your lawn! From NASA: The largest, most powerful rocket booster ever built successfully fired up Wednesday for a major-milestone ground test in preparation for future missions to help propel NASA’s Space Launch System (SLS) rocket and Orion spacecraft to deep space destinations, including an […]
With Chappie coming out this month and looking to add another awesome ‘good guy’ robot to the cinematic universe, we figured what better time than now to come up with a list of some of our favorite good guy robots from the world of cinema. Keep in mind, there are dozens upon dozens of good […]
Astronomers from two British universities say they’ve found evidence that one of the first discoveries of another planet that could support life really does exist, despite claims to the contrary last year. The debate is about a planet labelled GJ 581d, believed to orbit a red dwarf planet named Gliese 581 (pictured) that lies “only” […]
The very idea of a sink hole swallowing your car or even part of your town is scary and seems like something out of a movie. The kicker is, these things are real and happen with freakish frequency (as much as we would all like to pretend otherwise). Check out this video of the 15 […]
Man, there are so many awesome (fictional) universes in film, it is really hard to pick a favorite. Would you go high fantasy or science fiction? Dragons or space ships? That’s like trying to pick between ice cream cake and lasagna. Can’t we just have both? Well, this list is ten fictional movie universes that […]
I don’t know about you guys, but I want one of these skylights in my basement immediately. The only problem is that at $68,600, it’s a little out of my budget. Just a little. It looks like the sun… but it isn’t. It’s a brand new type of artificial skylight called CoeLux which, for the […]
You may see outer space an awful lot in science fiction games, but how often do you see it represented accurately? Outside Xbox threw together this cool list to show us the few examples of video games actually representing outer space realistically, based on science and what we already know. [Image via Woondu, story via […]