Hydrophobic and oleophobic coating may sound like something boring that you’d find in a college chemistry textbook, but it also helps bring into existence the coolest product demonstration we’ve seen in a while. As long as you can get passed the annoying “90s modern” music, you’ll be amazed at the visuals of how this stuff interacts with liquids. The concept is simple: coat absorbent materials with Ultra-Ever Dry and start dipping it into wet places. That’s where the fun starts. The science behind it goes down to a molecular level and uses nanotechnology, which we won’t get into here. The video…

Google should seriously rethink its doodles. Nobody is ever going to get anything done! This is the worst thing for productivity since their Google Pac-Man. Celebrating the 25th anniversary of the ‘buckyball’ (Buckminsterfullerene, for you chemistry buffs), a form of carbon composed of 60 atoms arranged into a soccer ball shape, Google has wizarded their logo, as they have done so many times before, into an animated, interactive buckyball tribute. I’ve seriously been sitting here for ten minutes spinning this damn thing. Google must seriously be trying to collapse the economy….