Stephanie Kwolek, Inventor of Kevlar, Dead at 90

Stephanie Kwolek saved countless lives — and you may not even know it. Stephanie Kwolek saved countless lives — and you may not even know it. An employee at the DuPont Company, Kwolek invented the lifesaving Kevlar, the lightweight, yet bulletproof, fiber used in body armor around the world. According to KTAR: Kwolek made the […]



University to Offer Scholarships to Gamers!

Now being a killer gamer may actually pay off scholastically! The Chicago, Illinois-based Robert Morris University is offering scholarships this fall for online gaming. Yup — online gaming. According to USA Today: The university announced its plan to offer scholarships, up to 50% for tuition and 50% for room and board, to a handful of […]

What Does Sound Look Like? [Science Video]

Seeing sound waves as it’s travelling through the air is actually possible thanks to a clever technique called Schlieren flow visualization. Schlieren flow visualization is based on the deflection of light by a refractive index gradient The index gradient is directly related to flow density gradient. The deflected light is compared to undeflected light at […]

iPhone Killswitch Cuts Crime, NY Legal Chief Claims

Figures from the New York Attorney General show a sharp fall in iPhone thefts correlating with Apple introducing a “kill switch” feature. The news comes as both Microsoft and Google say they’ll put such a feature into their operating systems. Several manufacturers and carriers had already committed to releasing or supporting software to remotely disable […]