Playing Medal of Honor could improve eyesight, even among people with conditions that appear difficult to treat. That’s the conclusion of psychologist Daphne Maurer who carried out a study of six adults who had been born with cataracts, a clouding in the eye lens that can block out most subtle detail. Each of the subjects […]
A computer model showing an atom sitting in a channel in a silicon crystal. Credit: Purdue University via Science Daily Through a trans-pacific effort over collaboration technology “nanoHUB”, researchers have managed to build the tiniest transistor that ever was, and ever could be. They used a single phosphorous atom to act as a conductor inside […]
The chefs at Chicago’s Alinea Restaurant have created this somewhat unconventional helium filled “delicacy” to please their client’s palates. Unfortunately, there’s no indication on how much they charge for these balloons in the video, but I’m pretty sure they must be fairly expensive considering the nature of the dessert. [Via Neatorama]
After seeing Freddiew’s video featuring a vomiting milkman superhero, Youtuber MinutePhysics wondered how much milk said milkman would have to vomit in order to propel himself from the ground and up into the air. The answer? 5 gallons of milk… per second! Yuck! [VomitPhysics MinutePhysics]
Youtuber C.G.P. Grey lists 8 common animal misconceptions that a lot of people believe to be true at one point or another in their lives. [C.G.P. Grey]
How does a laser really work? It’s Bose – Einstein statistics! (photons are bosons) [MinutePhysics]
Photo Credit: Andy After watching the first episode of The River, not to mention hearing real-life stories of flesh eating catfish, bugs that crawl up your urethra if you pee in the water, and, of course, the famous Piranha, I’m fairly sure I never, ever, want to step into the Amazon. At least until they […]
Here’s a quick video about the history of Thomas Edison in honor of the man’s 165th anniversary. Enjoy! [Via]
Something that looks very pretty when set to gentle acoustic guitars, apparently. In this video, a fuel droplet is set ablaze then quickly extinguished. Flames are spherical in low gravity since warm, buoyant air can’t rise to propel them. Thirty seconds later, a bright afterglow formed by a backlit vapour cloud spreads throughout the combustion […]
From Professor Gillian Griffiths: Cells of the immune system protect the body against pathogens. If cells in our bodies are infected by viruses, or become cancerous, then killer cells of the immune system identify and destroy the affected cells. Cytotoxic T cells are very precise and efficient killers. They are able to destroy infected or […]