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Panda cub Xiao Liwu gets another exam, causes cuteness heart attacks worldwide

December 21, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It only seems right to end the week leading up to Christmas with a really flippin’ adorable panda video, inciting the perfect holiday feeling of the warm n’ fuzzies. As […]

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Animals, Science News

Really bad news for Rocky Balboa

December 21, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Getting injured on the field is just part of the job description for professional athletes playing full-contact sports. Joints get pulled, ACLs get torn and skulls get rattled. But it […]

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Health, Medicine, Science News

Pitcher plant kills by slipperyness

December 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The pitcher plant Heliamphora nutans puts the Sarlacc to shame; this carnivorous plant kills more efficiently and with considerably less effort. Researchers have been studying the physical properties of the plant […]

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Botany, How Things Work, Science News

The science of snow

December 20, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Since we’re supposed to be hit with the white fluffy stuff this evening, we may as well be prepared. And I don’t mean with boots, shovels and a choice selection […]

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How Things Work, Nature

Another Earth-like planet found

December 19, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

The chance of finding a planet capable of sustaining life is looking more likely, not just because of the discovery of an Earth-like planet orbiting neighboring star Tau Ceti, but […]

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Science News, Space

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

Woman controls robotic arm with her brain

December 18, 2012by Lindsey Reiser 1 Comment

We’re one step closer prosthetics controlled by the human brain. Jan Scheuermann, 53, worked with researchers at the University of Pittsburgh and learned to maneuver a robotic arm with her thoughts, […]

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Medicine, Science News, Technology

Lunar probe twins set to crash into the Moon

December 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

It’s the Thelma and Louise of space exploration. Lunar probes Ebb and Flow will going out in a blaze of glory this afternoon, hurling themselves at a mountain range on the Moon’s […]

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Science News, Space

BBC proves that science can be cute

December 17, 2012by Lindsey Reiser Leave a comment

Sure, studying animal behavior can help us make new discoveries about how animals think/how we’ve evolved/how to help endangered species blah blah blah. But did we mention scientists also sometimes […]

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Animals

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