Shiro Cosmetics Offers Makeup and Geekery!

Operated by 21-year-old Caitlin and her friend Lauren, Shiro Cosmetics is 100% vegan, cruelty-free, handmade makeup…all with a geek bent! Their “Intertubes” lip gloss and lip color line comes in such colors as ‘Me Gusta,’ ‘Trololo,’ ‘Why Not Zoidberg?,’ ‘Nyan Cat,’ ‘Sad Keanu,’ and lots more! Looking for new eyeshadow? Try ‘There and Back Again: […]



Levitating Superconductor on a Möbius strip

Watch as Andy from The Royal Institution Youtube channel brings together a levitating superconductor and a bewildering Möbius strip made from over 2,000 magnets. As his super-conducting boat whizzes along the track, Andy demonstrates the remarkable properties of the superconducting material (Yttrium barium copper oxide) which allows it to seemingly float both above and below […]

Early computer recreation project well on course

One of the oldest digital computers is a step closer to running again — albeit in replica form. Bletchley Park researchers have demonstrated working parts in the replica, marking the midway point of the project. The Electronic Delay Storage Automatic Calculator, built at Cambridge University, was among the early machines to meet three key criteria […]