By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] By now, everyone and their mother has heard of nanotechnology and how it is either going to save us or obliterate us in a sea of gray goo. What exactly IS it, though? Well like microbiology, the field is too vast to describe effectively beyond “things happening on […]
Child prodigy Adora Svitak says the world needs “childish” thinking: bold ideas, wild creativity and especially optimism. Kids’ big dreams deserve high expectations, she says, starting with grownups’ willingness to learn from children as much as to teach.
Rotifers: Tiny animals that survive against all odds, known for not having sex for around 80 million years. In the following video, award-winning Cambridge researcher Alan Tunnacliffe drains 90% of the water in their microscopic bodies, heat some of them to the boiling point and then freezes them in liquid nitrogen, to later observe that […]
In the field of athletics, there’s a few legendary records which stand the test of time, most notably Bob Beamon’s world record of long jump, which remained unbroken for 23 years. But in the field of video games, that’s outdone by the record of Scott Safran who has been the world record holder on Asteroids […]
Have you ever imagined what would happen if an 8-Bit army, composed of characters and objects from old classics such as Space Invaders and Pac-Man, invaded New York City? Probably not, but Patrick Jean from OneMoreProd certainly did, and here is the result in this wonderful animation called “PIXELS.” Enjoy! [Via Gizmodo]
This picture shows what hydrogen atoms might look like if we could see them. The chart above shows the appearance of a single hydrogen atom in a few of its lowest excited states. In each of those states, the electron is found in a different orbital, some of which have unfamiliar shapes. But even the […]
Have you ever had the urge to play rock, paper, scissors, but you couldn’t because you had no opponent? Steve Hoefer built a glove that will play with you! It senses your movements, selects its item, and displays it at the same time your hand does. Not only does the glove play against you, but […]
Summer approaches, and if you’re like me, the life of a geek tends to make thoughts of stepping out in front of other people in your bathing suit a little terrifying. Wii Fit aside, many games (*cough*DragonAge*cough*) play to our obsessive sides, and make it so easy to spend hours with our rear ends parked […]
During a presentation given at the University at Buffalo, a student asked renowned astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson for his thoughts on U.S. federal cutbacks to NASA funding. while you may or may not be American, I think Tyson’s answer should be (as always) heard by everyone and gives new insights on what can happen if […]
Hey, want to know what happens when you search for “spaceships” in Flickr? Turns out that there are a lot of things that look like spaceships that… aren’t. Well, once you get through all of the pictures of Spaceship Earth at Epcot Center. I have a feeling this guy wishes he were on another planet. […]