A NASA satellite has become the agency’s first unmanned device to orbit the moon in more than a decade. It’s the first step in a program planned to put a human back on the moon in ten years or so. After correcting course midway through, NASA staff were able to guide the Lunar Reconnaissance Orbiter […]
How do you take this one pattern piece: And make this? It can’t be easy. Evil Mad Scientist Laboratories took a template from geometric sculptor George Hart and rose to the challenge of building a Frabjous. Even more challenging is what they did next- they posted instructions for putting it together. Assembling the Frabjous is […]
In the following video presentation, surgeon and inventor Catherine Mohr tours the history of surgery (and its pre-painkiller, pre-antiseptic past), then demos some of the newest tools for surgery through tiny incisions, performed using nimble robot hands. Fascinating — but not for the squeamish.
In the following video, biologist Robert Full demonstrate how geckos use their supersticky feet to climb up walls. But high-speed footage reveals that the gecko’s tail harbors perhaps the most surprising talents of all. [Picture source: Flickr (CC)]
Since summertime is fast approaching and mosquitoes have just started harassing us northerners, here are a few interesting facts you might want to know about the little pests. The moral behind this video? If you’re a blonde girl who has stinky feet and are planning a camping trip during a full moon right in the […]
Officials in New York are to launch a gas attack on as many as 2,000 Canadian geese in an attempt to prevent a repetition of the incident in January when a plane ditched in the Hudson river. The hunt, begins some time in the next week to coincide with the time of year that the […]
An Ames Window is an object that looks like a rectangular window, but in reality, is a trapezoid. As the window rotates on a vertical axis, it first looks to be going in a certain direction, but after turning 180 degrees, it gives the illusion of stopping and reversing its course. Observe as the rod […]
Officials have agreed to add a new element to the periodic table. But they won’t do so until the team which discovered it comes up with a permanent name. The element will become the 112th to appear on the table (in the gap below mercury), as determined by the International Union of Pure and Applied […]
We all know it; we are living in exceptional times. Scientists tell us that we have a decade to change the way we live, avert the depletion of natural resources and the catastrophic evolution of our planet’s climate. The stakes are high for us and our children. HOME is an ode to the planet’s beauty […]
In a world-first breakthrough, UNSW medical researchers have used stem cells cultured on a simple contact lens to restore sight to sufferers of a range of blinding conditions. The technique could also apparently be adapted for use in other organs, such as the skin, because the skin behaves in a very similar manner to the […]