To break the world record of the largest stick bomb chain reaction, Tim Fort (warning: this link will make your…
An article at NewScientist tells of the deadly effects of traveling at or near light speed, citing a presentation by…
The way we eat in the developed world is causing needless death -- and shortening the lives of the next…
If once again Bill Gates decides to unleash a swarm of mosquitoes at this year's TED conference, former Microsoft CTO…
By Jimmy Rogers (@me) Contributing Writer, [GAS] Back in April we published "The Cure for Cancer" and got a fantastic…
Last week we brought you the news that scientists have now found a way to deduce which colors dinosaurs may…
Traditional lab tests for disease diagnosis can be too expensive and cumbersome for the regions most in need. George Whitesides'…
We've read the books, we've seen the movies (lots of them), but what does a real physicist say about time…
If you've watched Western movies you'll know that most of the time there's a predictable pattern to shootouts: the villain…
It's Groundhog Day today in the world of meteorological superstitions. (In the world of multi-channel cable film networks, of course,…
