Tag: science

March 3, 2016 at 11:19 am

There’s a Fighting Game Featuring Famous Scientists and Their Special Moves Look Awesome

There's a Fighting Game Featuring Famous Scientists and Their Special Moves Look Awesome

The Street Fighter-style fighting game features eight legendary scientists whose special moves are based on discoveries they made

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March 2, 2016 at 1:50 pm

Picture of the Day: Illuminated Cave Pools in France

Picture of the Day: Illuminated Cave Pools in France

Seen here are the illuminated cave pool formations at La Grotte de St Marcel d’Ardèche in France

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February 17, 2016 at 5:11 pm

How Einstein Went from ‘Lazy Dog’ to Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

How Einstein Went from 'Lazy Dog' to Nobel Prize Winning Scientist

“The true sign of intelligence is not knowledge but imagination” – Albert Einstein

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February 17, 2016 at 9:53 am

A Levitating Top, Inside a Bubble, Filled With Smoke… For Science!

A Levitating Top, Inside a Bubble, Filled With Smoke... For Science!

This is a Levitron, a top that floats due to magnetism and gyroscopic stability. The wooden base contains a large ring shaped magnet that repels the top which is a small ring shaped magnet

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February 16, 2016 at 4:52 pm

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

These 360 TB Discs Will Last for 13.8 Billion Years

Coined as the ‘Superman memory crystal’, data is recorded via self-assembled nanostructures created in fused quartz

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February 16, 2016 at 12:06 pm

This Robot Tailor Takes 120 Measurements in 10 Seconds Flat

This Robot Tailor Takes 120 Measurements in 10 Seconds Flat

Traditional tailors usually take 20-30 measurements

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February 16, 2016 at 11:36 am

Venoms 101: How They Work and How They Can Kill

Venoms 101: How They Work and How They Can Kill

Warning: contains scientific footage that may be considered graphic. Do not watch if blood or dissection makes you queasy

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February 11, 2016 at 2:24 pm

What Researchers Learned from the World’s Longest Study on Happiness

What Researchers Learned from the World's Longest Study on Happiness

Psychiatrist Robert Waldinger is the 4th director of the ongoing, 75-year-old study on adult development and happiness. This is what they’ve learned

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February 11, 2016 at 1:28 am

Robot Makes Hole-In-One on No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale

Robot Makes Hole-In-One on No. 16 at TPC Scottsdale

In the opening round of the 2016 Waste Management Phoenix Open, LDRIC the golf robot gets a hole-in-one on the par-3 16th hole

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February 9, 2016 at 4:29 pm

How the NFL’s Yellow Line Actually Works

How the NFL's Yellow Line Actually Works

The clever engineering behind the virtual first-down line, explained

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