If you need more than ten fingers to count the number of times you’ve burned yourself while trying to light a candle at the bottom of a tall glass container, the Illume ArcLighter will probably seem like the greatest invention since the wheel. Instead of a flame, it produces a glowing electric arc that can light everything from candles, to gas burners, to even kindling. Read more…
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This Lighter Works Like a Taser To Start Fires Without a Flame
Does this gif hurt your brain? You’re not alone. Read more…
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Super Mario Runs Left to Right Because Our Brains Say So
Human-made satellites have long been able to harness the sun’s energy as it washes over them outside the protection of our atmosphere. But what if we could beam all that solar power down to Earth? The science fictional idea may be a reality sooner than you think. Read more…
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Japanese Scientists Just Beamed Energy Through the Air
I like food that’s as close to being alive (or fresh, depending on your perspective) as possible. That’s partly because it tastes better but also because it’s tingly to see food move when you don’t expect it too. This blooming chocolate dessert is a mover, all right. As you pour the cream onto the dish, the chocolate strip opens up like a flower. Read more…
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Chocolate dessert blooms like a flower right before you eat it
The laws of probability seems simple at first thought, but scratch the surface and their inner truth can be rather more counterintuitive. This video describes one of those situations—and the answer might prove more useful than you think. Read more…
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How Understanding Probability Could Save Your Life
DNA testing startup 23andMe has been doing brisk business collecting genetic samples from over 800, 000 customers. But the company just announced a new plan that’ll launch it into the big pharma world: 23andMe is going to invent its own pharmaceutical drugs using the data it collects from customer DNA. Read more…
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23AndMe Is Going to Mine Its DNA Data to Invent New Drugs
The changing color of a chameleon’s body is an impressive sight—but how it happens has long been a significant scientific question without a compelling answer. Now, researchers have finally identified a thin layer of deformable nanocyrstals in their skin which gives rise the phenomenon. Read more…
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Scientists Have Worked Out How Chameleons Change Color
Pocket Casts has long been one of our favorite cross-platform podcasting tools , and there’s a new Android version out today with a Material Design overhaul and even more ways to cut down the amount of time it takes to burn through your podcast queue. You can also get statistics on the amount of listening time you’ve saved overall. Read more…
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Burn Through Your Podcasts Faster Than Ever With the New Pocket Casts
When Cards Against Humanity was first released to the world, it was made available under a Creative Commons license that meant that anyone could simply print our their own copy of the game. Or, as designer Dawson Whitfield did, turn it into an online browser-based web app so that anyone can play it against their friends using a computer, smartphone, or tablet. Read more…
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You Can Now Play Cards Against Humanity Online With Anyone For Free
There is a hidden industrial gem north of Lake Balaton, near Balatonfűzfő, Hungary , and when I say hidden I mean it. Because what else do you call the bare remains of a wartime power station 30 feet deep under the ground? I recently got a chance to bring my camera inside the haunting corridors of this long gone industrial complex. Read more…
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Inside the Caverns of Hungary’s Abandoned Underground Coal Plant