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Can Money Buy Happiness?

John Riggs — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:37:07 +0000

People have always told you money can’t buy you happiness. It usually comes from people with money telling you when you’re flat broke. Well, one of my favorite YouTube Channels, ASAP SCIENCE, wanted to figure this theory out. Here’s what they came up with. What they figured out, in a nutshell, that giving is a [...]

How To Make A Paper Plane Hover Using Two Fans

John Riggs — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:45:32 +0000

This is a fun science trick you can do at home or where ever. This comes from the YouTube channel Star Spangled Science and is sure to amazing your friends and family. Simply enough, get two of the same fan, point them at each other at the same angle and carefully place the fan between [...]

12-Year-Old Uses Dungeons And Dragons to Help Dad Solve Scientific Riddle

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 18:57:50 +0000

When you look at someone, you are immediately drawn to their eyes. Scientists have been unsure if this is because humans are programmed to stare at eyes or at faces in general.

Alan Kingstone, a psychologist at the University of British Columbia, had been working on this quandary and was having trouble thinking of an experiment which separated the eyes from the center of the face. He was telling his 12-year-old son Julian about it when the boy came up with an inspired idea.

10 Awesome Facts About the Internet You Didn't Know

Emerald Catron — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 21:45:19 +0000

And because we can't do cat videos all day every day,* here are ten amazing facts about the internet. From how many likes there are on Facebook daily to the actual weight of the internet, this video just might blow your mind. (Hence the title.) Learn something new today, so you can watch a cat stuck in a jar over and over guilt-free!

What an Ant's Home Looks Like Using Molten Aluminum [VIDEO]

John Riggs — Mon, 08 Oct 2012 16:25:49 +0000

I’ve always been pretty curious on what an ant farm looks like on the inside. Not those 2-D kid’s things you can pick up at the store, but an actual ‘shrink yourself down’ drop down and anthill home would look like. These guys pour molten aluminum down an anthill so it will harden and unearth [...]

King Tut Exhibit Coming To Seattle

Todd Lyons — Tue, 22 May 2012 19:56:35 +0000

It's a little known fact but, had I not chosen a field in the media (I wanted to either be a radio broadcaster or a newspaper sportswriter), my next choice was to be some sort of anthropologist or archaeologist ala` Indiana Jones.

I'm not sure why I've always been fascinated by ancient civilizations and the digging up of old bones but I can certainly tell you that I am not about to miss the exhibit coming to the Pacific Science Center in Seattle in a couple of days!

Japanese Scientists Use Human Waste to Create Meat [VIDEO]

Wendy Gould — Fri, 17 Jun 2011 20:33:33 +0000

If you weren’t vegetarian before, perhaps it’s time to make the switch. Scientists in Japan have now created a way to synthesize “beef steaks” from human feces. The discovery was made after a Tokyo sewage plant approached scientists, asking them if they could figure out a way to utilize all the sewage sludge lying around.

Man Takes First Steps in 20 Years With Robot ExoSkeleton

John Riggs — Mon, 25 Apr 2011 15:17:47 +0000

Imagine losing the ability to walk. Imagine losing said ability for over 20 years.

Now, imagine the kind of elation you'd feel if an invention came along that made it possible for you to walk again.

That's exactly how the man in this video felt after using the ReWalk ExoSkeleton robot. Designed by Argo Medical Technologies Ltd., the robot is a lightweight brace device that attaches to your legs and restores a person's mobility functions.