Science & Tech
There have always been women inventors…even if they’ve been overlooked by the history books. Here are a few you may not have heard of. Mary Anderson Invention: Windshield wipers Background: In 1903 Anderson, an Alabaman, took a trip to New York City. One snowy afternoon she decided to tour the city by streetcar, but instead […]
Lots of animals hibernate but there’s more to it than just snoozing until spring arrives. Here are some facts about hibernation.
Better living through toilet technology. The Nano Membrane Toilet More than two billion people live without access to safe and clean water. This could help with that. The Nano Membrane Toilet, created by a team at Cranfield University in the U.K., doesn’t require water. The toilet’s “nanotech membrane” can suck water out of waste and […]
In the winter of 2011, a remote Russian town was besieged by a pack of more than 400 wolves.
As they learn more about a disease (or respond to public misconceptions), doctors and scientists may change the name of familiar, widespread conditions. SEID Also known as Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, the official name for this difficult to understand condition in which those afflicted experience long bouts of otherwise unexplainable tiredness is myalgic encephalomyelitis. According to […]
Sure, you can take awesome selfies and delight the entire Internet, but there’s some pretty amazing technology that the tiny computer and advanced camera in your pocket can do.
Looking for love? Throw away those personal ads. Cancel your online dating service. You’ve already got what it takes to find a mate. Just take a deep breath…through your nose. (This article was originally published in Uncle John’s Weird Weird World EPIC.) The Power of Pheromones The word comes from the Greek words phero, “I carry,” […]
Are you accident-prone? Don’t worry, it could end up making the world a better place.
In the middle of the night in Sept. 2015, he was browsing on Google Domains, one of the company’s many businesses, this one a place to buy website domains. There were a few dot-coms that caught his eye for the low price of $12, but there was one in particular Ved thought might be particularly good for starting an online business: Google.com.
Many cars never make it much further than the drawing board. In the case of the following vehicles, there are solid reasons why that is.
May these hiccup facts scare the hiccups right out of you.
This might not save you in the even of an apocalypse, but you never know when little tricks like these will come in handy. Not all of these fire techniques are easy, but they do work with practice.
Pigs may roll around in mud, but they don’t do it because they’re naturally drawn to dirt. They roll in mud, also called wallowing, because they don’t have a lot of sweat glands, and since mud tends to be cool, it helps them regular their body temperature.
Many animals will happily drink alcohol whenever they can get their furry mitts on some. Unfortunately, these European critters didn’t know when to say when.
Unlike that fascinating mathematical ratio, this article doesn’t go on forever.
Did you (or more likely, your dog) get hit with the noxious spray from an agitated skunk? Well, that stinks. It’s time for a soak in a bathtub full of tomato juice. But does that old home remedy really work?
…it never really was. And we’re talking about swimming pools. They’re really, really gross.
This little robot traveled all around the world and had tons of crazy adventures. (We wrote about him in Robotica!) Then he made the mistake of trying to hitch a ride in Philadelphia.
