Science

Total Lunar Eclipse on Wednesday

Mark your calendars folks! Next Wednesday, starting at around 8:43PM EST, a total lunar eclipse will occur over the Americas.…

16 years ago

How do ants know what to do?

Armed with a backhoe and a handful of markers, Deborah Gordon studies ant colonies in the Arizona desert. She asks:…

16 years ago

Morpho Towers: What happens when your mix ferrofluid with music

In the following video, you'll see a structure composed of two spiral towers sitting in a plate full of ferrofluid,…

16 years ago

Electric transportation on the cheap

Fully electric transportation is still years off for the modern consumer. Sure, anyone can snag a Segway for about four…

16 years ago

Experiment of the week: Getting Jiggy with Gummy Bears

Did you know that molten potassium chlorate is a strong oxidizing agent that reacts violently when put in contact with…

16 years ago

The Unfolding Process of Evolution

Watch as the evolution process unfolds itself before your eyes in this amazing video featuring fish, amphibians, reptiles, dinosaurs, mammals,…

16 years ago

The world is ending: Meteorite on track to hit earth next week

Ok… not really, but it will stream by the earth at the relatively close distance of 538,000 km, or about…

16 years ago

David Gallo: Underwater astonishments

In the following video, oceanographer David Gallo shows jaw-dropping footage of amazing sea creatures, including a shape-shifting cuttlefish, a pair…

16 years ago

50 years of the Space Age

Today marks the 50th anniversary of one of the most significant events of the 20th century. Technology never exists in…

17 years ago

The theory of relativity – in four letter words

An in-depth explanation of the theory of relativity using words that even a second-grader understands... if only to prove that…

17 years ago