Amazon Coughs Up $150K for Lost Homework

15 years ago

By Casey Lynn Contributing Writer, [GAS] Remember how a kid's Amazon Kindle ate his homework? Described as "a bit ironic,"…

Zombieland delivers gore, geekery, and guffaws

15 years ago

By Natania Barron Contributing Writer, [GAS] I have a confession to make: I'm not that into horror flicks. It's not…

Quail eggs, cancer cells and dirty paintings: NASA unveils space station study findings

15 years ago

NASA has published a report (PDF) detailing more than 100 experiments carried out on the International Space Station between 2000…

Oh Nom Nom Nom: Cupcakes for Zombies

15 years ago

Made by flickr user xsomnis, these delicious-looking raspberry brain cupcakes with french vanilla cream cheese frosting will make the perfect…

Bear-4 Sends HD Camera to the Edge of Space

15 years ago

This is the kind of thing I dreamed of doing as a kid. Okay, it's the kind of thing I…

Balloons in Liquid Nitrogen

15 years ago

In the following video, Matt Strafuss, a technical instructor at MIT's Physics Department, demonstrates the ideal gas law. A drop…

Terminator & Back to the Future Animated Mashup

15 years ago

What happens when you combine two of the most implausible time travel movies of all time into one great trailer?…

Spoof awards honor offbeat research

15 years ago

A man who cracked his knuckles every day for 60 years and a team who made a convertible bra/gas mask…

UFOs and the argument from ignorance

15 years ago

In the following video, American astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson gets asked if he believes in UFOs. As usual, the answer…

Google Wave goes beta (plus three invites up for grabs!)

15 years ago

By Natania Barron Contributing Writer, [GAS] I was a bit miffed when my husband got his Google Wave invite before…