Technologically speaking, smaller is virtually always better. So it’s perhaps no surprise that scientists have developed the first ever single-molecule LED . But why is it potentially such a big deal? Read more…
Because anyone can create music with access to a laptop these days, Diode Milliampere decided to up the ante and make it harder for himself by making a song using MS-DOS. Yes, that command line inputting, C-drive accessing MS-DOS from 30 years ago. It turned out pretty well! Read more…
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Some guy made electronica music using MS-DOS
It’s a pumping lung in a box, basically. Al Jazeera America specifies that its more properly known as the Organ Care System (OCS) but it’s basically a human donor long being kept alive and breathing out of the body inside a box. The OCS machine is used to keep the blood and oxygen flowing to the donor organ so that it can buy itself more time before the donor organ is given to the recipient. Read more…
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How a human lung is kept alive and breathing for a transplant
It took more than 2, 000 pounds of explosives to bring down this 32-story tower in Frankfurt yesterday—roughly the same amount as a Mark 84 bomb. Thankfully, since we live in the age of YouTube, there are plenty of astounding videos of the demo. Read more…
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Behold One of the Biggest Controlled Skyscraper Implosions Ever
The Super Bowl is still a little over a week away, but that doesn’t mean it’s too early to start planning your day. Thankfully, if you can’t watch the game on TV, you’ll be able to stream it for free. Read more…
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Reminder: Here’s Where You Can Watch Super Bowl XLVIII Online
Traditionally, baldness cures involve moving hair around, either from one part of the scalp to another , or from the toupee store to your dome. This week, scientists announced a potentially revolutionary discovery in hair science: they’ve successfully turned mature skin cells into stem cells that develop into hair follicles . It’s hair-raising! Read more…
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Researchers Grow New Hair From Stem Cells For the First Time
Archaeologists from the University of Michigan believe they have found what is perhaps the oldest Roman temple still in existence. Built around the 7th century BC—probably for the goddess Fortuna—the temple tells us a lot about how the Romans built their city, thousands of years ago. Read more…
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Archaeologists May Have Uncovered the Oldest Roman Temple Ever Found
A team of physicists has proposed a way of teleporting energy over long distances. The technique, which is purely theoretical at this point, takes advantage of the strange quantum phenomenon of entanglement where two particles share the same existence. Read more…
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Physicists say energy can be teleported ‘without a limit of distance’
Being shot into space puts spacecraft under extreme stress—but did you know that the sound of the rocket launch can damage a craft? Inside the Large European Acoustic Facility, engineers recreate the incredible noise of a launch to make sure satellites can survive it. According to the ESA, “no human could survive” the sound. Read more…
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This Insanely Loud Sound System Simulates the Roar of a Rocket Launch
You’re looking at Ozobranchus jantseanus , a little leech found in East Asia. It doesn’t look much, but it has a very special skill indeed: it can survive for up to 24 hours immersed in liquid nitrogen . Read more…
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This Leech Can Survive For 24 Hours in Liquid Nitrogen