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Finally, an ethical way to trap your favorite animals inside a jar
It's not nice to keep animals trapped inside of jars, but what if they were virtual animals, instead? This is the thinking behind Jarpet, an interactive 3D projection system that recently won a Red...
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Quadruple helix DNA found in living human cells — and it may be linked to cancer
The double helix DNA structure is about as iconic as its gets. But geneticists have long speculated about the potential for a quadruple helix to exist — a four-stranded DNA structure. And indeed,...
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23-Year Old Kim Suozzi Undergoes Cryonic Preservation After Successful...
Back in September we told you about Kim Suozzi, the 23-year old neuroscience student who was in the midst of battling terminal brain cancer. Sadly, she passed away last week on January 17th — but not...
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Canada's new hi-tech $20 bill has the wrong maple leaf on it
Well, this is embarrassing: According to botanists, Canada's brand new polymer $20 bill has the wrong maple leaf on it. Instead of choosing a maple leaf derived from any one of 13 species native to...
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Sperm Whales Adopt A Dolphin With Spine Deformity
ScienceNow is reporting that marine biologists working in the Azorean archipelago of the Northern Atlantic have discovered a group of sperm whales who appear to have taken in an adult bottlenose...
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New Zealand environmental activist wants to ban cats as pets
In a country that's crazy about their cats, economist Gareth Morgan has his work cut out for him. Concerned about the threat that cats are placing on New Zealand's native bird population, he has...
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New illustrated map of the Pangaea supercontinent is right out of the Middle...
Australian freelance illustrator Richard Morden has put together a whimsical and surprisingly accurate map of Pangaea, the massive supercontinent that dominated the Earth over 200 million years ago....
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It Could Be A War Crime To Use Biologically Enhanced Soldiers
Earlier this month, a report funded by the Greenwall Foundation examined the legal and ethical implications of using biologically enhanced humans on the battlefield. Given the Pentagon's open...
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An Android You Can Make With A 3D Printer
French sculptor Gael Langevin's InMoov project combines two of our favorite things: 3D printing and robotics. Though he had no previous experience making robots, Langevin spent the last year figuring...
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This long exposure shot makes a lightning storm look downright apocalyptic
Check out this spectacular and incredibly vivid long exposure capture by fine art photographer Amery Carlson. It's a photograph of a lightning storm taken off the coast of Ventura, California (what is...
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Japanese finance minster wants old people to "hurry up and die"
Japan's new right-wing government hasn't wasted time in alienating tens of millions of its voters. According to finance minister Taro Aso, elderly people should "hurry up and die" so that pressure can...
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New Type of Volcanic Eruption Produces Globs of Floating Molten Foam
A recent paper published in Nature Geoscience has proposed the existence of an entirely new kind of volcanic eruption, which geologists are now calling a 'tangaroan' eruption. Rather than being either...
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A compound that could turn an entire swimming pool into jelly
Though it sounds suspiciously like Kurt Vonnegut's ice-nine from Cat's Cradle, a materials chemist at Radboud University Nijmegen in the Netherlands has concocted a polymer that could turn an entire...
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Government Scientists in the U.S. Are Set to End Most Research Done On Chimps
It has been a long time coming, but it looks like the vast majority of medical research performed on chimps in the United States is about to come to an end. A report from an internal working group was...
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This robotic 3D printer doesn’t need your help, thank you very much
As if 3D printers weren't mind-blowing enough, iRobot (yes, the company responsible for the Roomba) has just filed a patent for a robot-assisted all-in-one fabricator that can print, mill, drill, and...
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New resolution would see "Darwin Day" recognized this coming February 12
How cool would it be to set aside a day to celebrate the birth of one of the most important and influential scientists to ever walk this good Earth? That's exactly what U.S. House Democrat Russ Holt...
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Scientists No Longer Banned from Researching Deadly Mutant Bird Flu
It was around this time last year when two teams of scientists from the U.S. and the Netherlands submitted papers for publication in Science and Nature describing how the H5N1 virus could be converted...
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Dung Beetles Use the Milky Way for Navigation
We humans like to think that that we're the only ones who figured out how to navigate using the stars. But as biologists from South Africa and Sweden recently discovered, the crafty dung beetle does...
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Why bobbing your dog's tail is really bad idea
Aside from its bark, humans can understand the intentions and feelings of their dogs through any number of different channels, whether it be the way they tilt their head, position their front legs,...
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Artist Converts Everyday Objects Into Super-Realistic Miniature Apartment...
Check out these wild art displays designed by German street artist, Evol. He calls it his Building series, and he creates them by transforming everyday objects — like concrete blocks, power boxes,...
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