Watching Paint Dry
Apparently trying to prove that scientists are as fascinating as World War II veterans taking some time off from...
Tag: science
The Curious Fate of the Muffin Man
Yesterday’s New York Times ran a story on the plight of former Bimbo executive Chris Botticella. Get your mind...
The Thing About Bats
In the Bad News About Bats department, ScienceNews.org reports on a story in the August 6 Science that an...
Video: Animated Map of Nuclear Explosions (1945-1998)
This animated time-lapse map by Japanese artist Isao Hashimoto unsettlingly plots visually and audibly 2,053 nuclear explosions happening in...
Mind-Reading Machine Used to Tweet
This Machine Has No Brain. Originally uploaded by Thomas Roche Researcher-grad student Adam Wilson at the University of Wisconsin...
The Thresher Disaster
Forty-six years ago today on April 10, 1963, the nuclear submarine U.S.S. Thresher, while conducting dive tests, sank around...
7 Fantasy Eco-Gadgets
“Bright Green” eco-blog Treehugger has a great article on 7 Concept Gadgets We Want to See Brought to Market,...
Insult Graph
Image by linecook. It’s really simple when you think about it. But now we have a graph to refer...
Transgenic Animals as Human Life Support Machines
This article at Inventor Spot made me do a double-take on several levels: Animals As Life Support Machines: Is...
Popular Science Examines the Science of YouTube Cuteness
“Are you a puppy!? Are you a cutest little puppernaut?! Are you a special one? Why are you so...