A group of researchers from Italy and Sweden has developed the world’s first artificial hand that allows its user to “feel” things when used. It has been attached to the arm of a 22-year-old man who lost his hand due to cancer. Researchers say it works by connecting human nerve endings with tiny electronic sensors. […]
For those of you who have always wondered about Antarctica’s real size, NASA has released this informative picture via Twitter comparing the size of the continent (5.4 million sq mi, or roughly 14.0 million sq km) in relation with the size of the United States of America, less Alaska and Hawaii, of course.
Remember the auto-tuned song featuring Carl Sagan and Stephen Hawking we posted last month? Well the song was so popular that its creator, John Boswell, decided to create another one, and this time, he included Richard Feynman, Neil deGrasse Tyson & Bill Nye, to sing along with Sagan. Check it out.
Playing sound effects both pleasant and awful, Julian Treasure shows how sound affects us in four significant ways. Listen carefully for a shocking fact about noisy open-plan offices.
Do you know what is the difference between the principles of mass and weight? While the mass (kilograms) of an object is directly related to how much matter this object has, its weight (newtons) is associated to how strongly gravity pulls on it. So while the mass of something will remain the same whether it’s […]
Remote controlled bugs buzz off, followed by a picture that looked straight out of a cyberpunk novel, a beetle with a remarkable bit of tech strapped to its head. Well, it turns out that the future (for those of us who’ve ever imagined a future in which people can control cyborg beetles by using a […]
There are few things less sexy in the world than getting the flu. However, one of those things is being annoying and uninformed about the disease. Even with all the expansive swine flu coverage and available information, plenty of people have no idea what to look for when it comes to the flu and how […]
Let’s say we have two balloons of the same size, but one filled with twice as much air as the other one. We then connect both via a flexible hose and let the air flow through. What will happen? Will the pressure in the one that has the most air cause the other one to […]
Think diamonds are forever? Well, sorry to disappoint you folks, but they’re not. I can’t stand diamonds. No, really, they just tick me off, because nearly everything about them is a lie. Diamonds are neither rare nor intrinsically valuable nor uniquely romantic. Those are ideas invented by the diamond industry. And no, despite what the […]
How big can a black hole get? What’s the largest one detected so far? Where does an 18 billion solar mass black hole hide? Find out in this amazing video documentary from SpaceRipTV.