Photo Highlights from this Year's Ig Nobel Prizes
Wednesday, September 26, 2012
Every year for the Ig Nobel Prizes highlight science that "Makes us laugh, then makes us think." Research like why leaning to the left makes the Eiffel Tower seem smaller or what the brain scan of a dead fish can tell us about statistical controls. Check... more

Sorry Girls, "Titanic" Doors Were Made of Oak.
Tuesday, September 25, 2012
Just let him up there, darn it! Photo courtesy of www.dailynewsdig.com Unless you have been living under a rock, you have probably seen "Titanic" either when it first came out or in its 3D rerelease.  Spoiler alert.... the ship s... more

Zombie Apocalypse Survival Gear: Ham Radios
Monday, September 24, 2012
The zombies are coming! Quick: What should you scavenge together for the impending attack? Baseball bat, check. First aid kit, check. Ham radio equipment? You better hope so. Earlier this week, Dragon Con — the annual sci-fi, fantasy and comic book c... more

See-Through Soil Could Improve Crops
Friday, September 21, 2012
Newly developed transparent soil could help shed light on the secret world of plant roots. The new material, developed by biologists, chemists and physicists, could improve crops and identify new ways of preventing outbreaks of food poisoning. ... more

I For One Welcome Our New Slime Mold Civil Engineers
Thursday, September 20, 2012
Slime molds are pretty good at figuring out global trade routes and can do so without the maps and compasses that have guided past explorers. In a paper recently published on the ArXiv, Andrew Adamatzky, a researcher at the University of the West of Eng... more