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Fighting America’s “Brain Drain”
The new global economy isn’t defined by the battle for the newest machines or precious ore, but a battle of...
Watch the blood red moon on Saturday morning
Sky watchers on the US west coast all the way over to east Asia are in for a rare treat...
Fun with quantum levitation
The Superconductivity Group School of Physics and Astronomy at Tel-Aviv University put together something that is cool to watch and...
Symphony of Science takes a musical look at quantum physics
Teachers have had had challenges since the dawn of schooling to make children learn things that may not interest them....
Thanks to science, boarding a plane may get faster soon
It wasn't the airlines or the government that come up with a scientific, algorithmically-based method for speeding up the boarding...
3/4 of US states do not have solar incentives
When it comes to renewable energy, solar is often considered the easiest to acquire. The sun is a source of...
Neil deGrasse Tyson continues his onslaught on the government’s betrayal of science
When Astronomer Neil deGrasse Tyson was on Bill Maher last week, he laid into the plans to slash NASA's budget....
Chickenosaurus: Paleontologist attempts to reconstruct dinosaurs from chickens
Michael Crichton and Steven Speilberg were onto something with Jurassic Park. Unfortunately, it wasn't real science. This is. Paleontologist Jack...
Is natural gas safe enough to help solve energy problems
Energy is in high demand and the there are problems with every method of acquiring it. Most believe that oil...
Your personal Uno transformer can now be pre-ordered
What began as a high school science fair project has quickly turned into an international sensation. The innovative self-balancing two-wheeled...
Will someone please give SETI $5 million so we can continue the pointless search
Between a budget shortfall in California and cuts in federal funding, the ongoing "Search for ExtraTerrestrial Intelligence" is going into...
Look at the Pretty Seagu… Wait. Wut?
Man has been able to achieve flight for over a century, but we have never truly mastered the art and...
Beyond Pink and Blue: A Look at Gender Colors
It goes beyond culture. There is science behind the gender-relationships when it comes to colors. A study by John Hallock...
How LASIK Works
One of the most profound medical technologies that has emerged in recent decades is the ability to surgically improve eyesight....
How the Human Brain Retains Information
The manner by which humans retain and retrieve information is an area widely explored and as of yet not completely...
The Quest for Power in Africa
Despite it's vast size, tremendous population, and abundance of natural resources, Africa still has the lowest per-capita use of power...
1-Minute Science: Everything You Ever Needed to Know About The Sun
In today's episode of 1-minute science, we look up. The sun is the source of, well, just about everything that...
Japanese Researchers Create Tweeting Mouse
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6QQpL4BhtAI Alright, before you read too far into that headline, let me immediately reassure you that we're not talking about...
Google Celebrates Chemistry and Continues to Channel Your Inner Procrastinator
Google should seriously rethink its doodles. Nobody is ever going to get anything done! This is the worst thing for...
Science Confirms, Once And For All: The Chicken Came First
We'll get back to Googles and stuff in a few minutes - this is way, way, way more important. Doubtlessly...