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Moon or frying pan?

April 1, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

NASA may be an agency of extremely intelligent science buffs, but that doesn’t mean they can’t have a little fun on April Fools’ Day. For their Astronomy Picture of the […]

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Space, Weird Science

Spiders filmed climbing through the sky

February 13, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If you don’t like spiders, don’t watch this video, because it is truly terrifying for arachnophobes. A man in Brazil filmed thousands of spiders seemingly skittering across the sky. They’re […]

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Animals, Science News, Uncategorized, Weird Science

The everlasting eggstopper

January 22, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

If you ever celebrated Easter with an egg hunt, you’d expect those colorful plastic eggs to hold some kind of surprise. It could be some quarters, it could be a […]

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Animals, Weird Science

That’s no moon. That’s a space station…

January 14, 2013by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

…is what more than 25,000 petition-signers hoped alien life forms visiting the area might one day utter. Because yes, more than 25,000 people petitioned the White House to have the […]

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Science News, Space, Weird Science

The ultimate spider fake-out

December 19, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

If a kid is clever enough to stuff their pillows under the covers in vague approximation of their body shape when they sneak out at night to egg a house […]

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Animals, Science News, Weird Science

Oily Christmas to all…

December 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

You can’t hang ornaments on these trees, but they’re beautiful enough on their own. Artist Sachiko Kodama used science to create slick black conifers made of ferrofluid, liquid laced with ferromagnetic […]

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Physics, Technology, Weird Science

Glow on

December 11, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

You might find yourself thinking the lights on Michigan Avenue or your own street a pretty darn lovely this time of year. But they can’t hold a candle to the […]

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Animals, Nature, Weird Science

Killer catfish find a new snack

December 7, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

What better way to start your Friday than with some good, old-fashioned carnage? This time, it’s at the hands (or rather, fins) of giant catfish. The 1 to 1.5-meter-long European […]

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Animals, Weird Science

What has no eyes, no scales and a represents a new genus?

December 3, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Draconectes narinosus, a kind of loach that was just found in southeast Asia by researchers working with Flora & Fauna International. The little fish’s name is combination of Greek and […]

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Animals, Science News, Weird Science

Even Disney needs math

November 26, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

That valuable father-son time could potentially be taken over by a robot. Disney created one that can play catch, and do it in a creepily human-like way. The robot uses […]

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Science News, Technology, Weird Science

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