Science

Second Super Secret X-37B Space Plane Blasts Into Orbit

Another day, another super secret robotic Air Force space plane.


February 27, 2011
Science

Watch A Spoon Melt Into Liquid Metal Ooze

How does this happen? Well, the trick is that the spoon is made from gallium, a substance that melts at only 86 degrees Fahrenheit [about 30 degrees in our money -ed.AU] . So when you put the gallium spoon in hot water it turns into T-1000 style liquid metal ooze. So awesome. [Reddit via The Daily What]


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Indigo Smoke Bombs Are So Mesmerizing

The video description says it’s a 60 second experiment with the colour Indigo but that’s sort of underselling the beauty of it. There is indigo, yes, but also beautiful smoke, dyed colours and sparks! I don’t know why but I’ve watched it 10 times already. [Paul Octavious via Mappeal]


February 8, 2011
Science

Pigeons In Zero Gravity

What would it be like if we brought pigeons into outer space? Well, you’d have a lot of crazed and confused pigeons, that’s what. How come more of our space budget can’t go towards projects like these?


January 24, 2011
Science

Pretend Mars Mission Nearing Its Thrilling, Fake End

Rejoice! Six fake astronauts near the end of their simulated Mars mission, and will set foot on Earth, which they will pretend is Mars. It’s the closest a human will get to the real thing for a very long time.


January 17, 2011
Science

Humble Radish Survives 30 Minutes In The Vacuum Of Space

Radish Log, 2011.15: Took those bastards 30 minutes in a vacuum to finally wilt me. Thirty minutes in hell, or 29 minutes longer than that human sap back in ’65. I’m king of the world and I’m just a radish.


December 23, 2010
Mobile

Where No Google Android Has Gone Before

It’s not easy being an Android. Sure, you’re cute enough as a logo, but it’s still the phones that get most of the attention. Until this little guy took matters into his own hands, and into outer space.


December 20, 2010
Science

Which Pizza’s Best? Nerds Decide In Scientific Eating Experiment

Ordering pizza shouldn’t be so difficult, yet it invariably is. First off – which fine establishment to ring? Secondly, of the 15 different deal combos, which suits us? Then, which sauce? Cheese? MEAT? Thus, San Franciscoites performed a scientific test:


November 17, 2010
Science

How To: Keep A Severed Head Alive

Ready for some service? Here’s a patent, awarded in 1985, describing a system for “perfusing an animal head.” Creepily, the head shown in the diagram is not an animal’s. Wait what’s that? You want to see it in action? Welp…


November 6, 2010
Science

The Truth Behind The Everlasting Happy Meal: No Burgers That Size Rot

The internet was totally grossed out recently by images that showed a McDonald’s hamburger sitting out in the open for six months without decomposing or rotting. But one blogger dug a bit deeper, and it turns out no hamburgers rot.