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Dec 31, 2013

Where Emotions Hit You, Visualized

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Nerves make your stomach churn; embarrassment brings a glow to your cheeks. Emotions clearly have a direct physiological effect on our bod...

Beat-Matching Glowing Sunglasses Are Perfect For New Years Eve and Morn

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searchfeed It's New Year's Eve and unless you've got children to tend to you'll probably be partying well into 20...
Dec 28, 2013

Why do so many galaxies in space look like this?

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searchfeed Flat. Like a streak across space. Thin. Stretched out. How come whenever we see galaxies, they always look like this...

Scraping Decades of Grime, Car Exhaust, and Mold Off Rome's Colosseum

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The Colosseum in Rome is being cleansed of car exhaust that has built up over decades, ever since Mussolini's ill-advised decision to...
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Dec 27, 2013

The Naked Metal Core of a Dead Planet Is Circling the Sun

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You know about those plans to visit an asteroid in the next few years? Well, a select group of astronauts would like to sweeten the deal...
Dec 26, 2013

Here Is a Video of Tiny Mice Decorating a Tiny Christmas Tree

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Dec 24, 2013

Pop-up Ports Keep this Backup Battery Slim and Svelte

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searchfeed What's the point of carrying around a backup battery that's larger than the smartphone it's designed to bo...
Dec 23, 2013

Mikhail Kalashnikov Has Died

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Mikhail Kalashnikov, inventor of the AK-47 assault rifle, passed away this morning at the age of 94, according to the BBC. Kalashnikov...

Finally, a Real-Life Memory-Erasing Technique for Humans

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Get your Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind references ready, because scientists have just figured out a way to erase bad memories us...
Dec 21, 2013

Snapchat's Update Lets You Replay One Snap Per Day

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Snapchat just rolled out a big update with a bunch of new features, the most important being Replay. Now, every day brings a one-time chan...

Crazy Hacker Wants to Save Bitcoin by Blasting a CubeSat into Space

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Jeff Garzik is a dreamer. You know, the kind of guy who probably thought that he could fly with his red cape when he was younger. (Note: A...
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Dec 20, 2013

Stone-Tipped Spears Pre-date the Human Race

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Spears feel very much like a human weapon of war—so it's surprising to find out that, in fact, the stone-tipped projectiles pre-date ...
Dec 18, 2013

Make Yourself Known With a Bike Light That's As Loud As a Car Horn

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searchfeed If the ringing of your bicycle's bell isn't getting the response you're after from motorists—namely, pleas...
Dec 17, 2013

An Accordion Shelf That Grows With Your Knick-Knack Collection

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You can forget about allen wrenches and magnets altogether—at least if you're in the market for a new shelf—because Meike Harde has c...
Dec 16, 2013

McLaren Is Using Fighter Jet Technology for Wiper-free Windshields

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Anyone who's ever driven in a southern thunderstorm knows that windshield wipers suck. They smear water more than they remove it, and,...

NASA-Developed Moonglow Material Keeps This Watch Glowing All Night

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A built-in battery-powered light is the easiest way to check the time on your watch in the middle of the night. But what if your watch doe...
Dec 15, 2013

China's Rover Has Reportedly Landed On the Moon

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China's state-run television network is reporting that the unmanned Yutu lunar rover has successfully soft-landed on the moon. The Cha...
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Dec 14, 2013

This Magical Table's Electromagnetic Field Turns On Nearby Light Bulbs

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searchfeed The table was designed by Florian Dussopt, a French product designer who describes it as Here's how The Guardian...
Dec 13, 2013

How To Make a Terrifying, Spinning, Ferrofluid Buzzsaw

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searchfeed There are almost as many fascinating ferrofluid videos on YouTube as there are clips of kittens being cute. So it'...
Dec 12, 2013

The Awesomely Weird Biological Shoes That we will Wear in 2050

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London-based designer and researcher Shamees Aden has a vision for the future of footwear. It's a future where shoes are 3D printed ou...
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