Science

The Solar System’s Newest Beach Spot Is An Icy One

One ticket to Pluto, please! Seems there’s an ocean there just waiting to be discovered, surfed or lounged about. Don’t worry about my well-being though — I’ll be packing a sweater.


September 5, 2011
Science

Cyborg Beetles Powered By A Wing And A Piezolectric Prayer

Remember this day, friends. Remember when the cyborg beetles early first took flight in our labs and flew right into their world domination destiny. Look! Even now one of the brood is stealing a quarter, no doubt for financing purposes.


April 11, 2011
Science

Latest Alien Life Theory Posits The Quietest Civilizations Probably Live Longest

For decades the Fermi Paradox has stipulated that unless life is unique to Earth, it must exist throughout the galaxy. And yet, so far there’s been no word. Hence, paradox. A new theory, based on natural selection, might explain why.


February 21, 2011
Science

This Animated Video Simplifies Einstein’s Complicated Twin Paradox

Einstein’s Twin Paradox is super confusing for me, every time I think I fully understand it, I find more questions. The Twin Paradox is a thought experiment in special relativity when one twin travels to outer space while the other twin stays on Earth.


February 11, 2011
Science

A Few Idle Musings On Spontaneous Combustion

You know how people are blowing up for absolutely no reason, like, all the time? So messy! Here’s your basic primer – from kundalini to Cartography of Combustion – on all the possible causes of people going boom. [Motherboard]


September 12, 2010
Science

Scientists Claim Laws Of Physics Change Throughout The Universe

“Multiverse” subscribers believe there are other crazier universes beyond ours that could potentially boast their own unique physics. That’s one theory. Another floated this week is that the laws of physics in this universe aren’t so constant either.


December 14, 2009

The Perfect Gift For The Physicist Who Thinks In 10 Dimensions

Christmas shopping can be tough. Christmas shopping for that special someone can be tougher – especially if that someone happens to be a theoretical physicist. Luckily, for the brainiac who has everything, there’s this beautiful Calabi-Yau Manifold crystal.