Category Archives: Science and Technology
New Design Could Finally Help To Bring Fusion Power Closer To Reality [VIDEO]
It’s an old joke that many fusion scientists have grown tired of hearing: Practical nuclear fusion power plants are just 30 years away — and always will be. But now, finally, the joke may no longer be true: Advances in magnet technology have enabled researchers at MIT to propose a new design for a practical compact tokamak fusion reactor — […]
Read more
NASA’s Spitzer Confirms Closest Rocky Exoplanet [VIDEO]
Using NASA’s Spitzer Space Telescope, astronomers have confirmed the discovery of the nearest rocky planet outside our solar system, larger than Earth and a potential gold mine of science data. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreHow far would a basketball with backspin go? The Magnus Effect Displayed [VIDEO]
A group of people were at the Gordon Damn in Tasmania trying to break the world record for the farthest free-throw. But, during their exploits, one of them dropped the basketball with a slight spin on it. The ball took off! This demonstration is what is known as The Magnus Effect. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreHow Big Is Pluto? New Horizons Settles Decades-Long Debate
NASA’s New Horizons mission has answered one of the most basic questions about Pluto—its size. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreFord Pulls A Tesla…Almost
Ford has opened up their electric car patents to other manufacturers but, unlike TESLA there is going to be a fee attached to it. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreIs Your iPhone Tracking You? [VIDEO]
Recently Nikki-Dee Ray, a news personality with CBS affiliate WTVR-TV in Richmond Virginia, posted a video explaining an unnerving discovery she made with her iPhone. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreStill Want To Listen To Your Vinyl Records? ELP’s Laser Turntable Does It Without Touching The Record! [VIDEO]
Do you still have a ton of vinyl records that you’d like to listen to but you’re afraid they’ll get messed up by the constant drag of the needle? Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreNew MRI Study Disproves Popular Knuckle “Cracking” Theory
Have you ever wondered what’s happening when someone cracks their knuckles? Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreAfter 5 years Of Observing The Sun, NASA Has Some Beautiful Video They’ve Shared
After 5 years of observing the sun NASA’s Solar Dynamics Observatory has captured some extraordinary images of our sun. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreHow To Park Your Bike In Japan? How About Underground! [VIDEO]
Tokyo has so many people living together that many use their bicycle for transportation. But, where do you put all those bicycles in a city that crowded? Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreMicrosoft Bringing An End To Internet Explorer
For those who like Internet Explorer, this could be some bad news. Internet Explorer will soon be dropped from the Microsoft lineup of software with the release of Windows 10. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreDaylight Savings Time, Does It Make Sense Anymore?
Daylight Saving Time in the United States begins at at 2:00 AM on Sunday, March 8, 2015. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreMars: The Quest For Life [VIDEO]
Is life possible on Mars? Phoenix, a robot geologist, will be the one to tell us. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreAre We Becoming Morally Smarter?
In the 1980s, social scientist James Flynn made a startling discovery: Real IQ scores had been going up, on average, three points every decade since the early 20th century. The existence of this increase had been masked by the fact that the test gets updated and renormed every generation or so, pushing the average score back to 100. Share This […]
Read moreTry Cooking With Sunlight [VIDEO]
Many of us are familiar with the concept of using the sun to power our homes, we would use solar panels. But, how many of us are familiar with the idea of cooking our food in a similar way? Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreTesla To Unveil New Battery To Power Homes
Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreWave Power Could Supply Half the U.S. With Cheap Electricity—Here’s Why It Doesn’t [VIDEO]
Think of a constant force in nature (gravity doesn’t count)—does the ocean come to mind? The unrelenting sea, with its perpetual ebb and flow, remains one of the world’s largest untapped sources of renewable energy. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreTired Of Waiting For Your Electronic Devices To Charge? Here Comes Quick Charge 2.0! [VIDEO]
How many times has this happened to you? You’re running late in the morning, you go to use your cellphone and [oops] you forgot to set your cell to charge last night and your battery is almost dead! Well, with Qualcomm’s new Quick Charge 2.0 that scenario might not be as frustrating. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreWith New App Police Departments Concerned Officers May Become Targets [VIDEO]
Some police departments are concerned that their officers may become targets of stalking because their locations can now be tracked by a cell-phone app. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read moreFederal Regulators Crack Down On “Unlimited” Data Plans
The FCC has been taking a hard stand against cell phone providers that offer “unlimited” data plans, only to have them “throttled back” at a certain data point. Share This ArticleFacebookTwitterPinterestLinkedinemail
Read more