Science Finds the Universe’s Best French Fries Would Come From Jupiter

Science Finds the Universe's Best French Fries Would Come From Jupiter

Just because we can’t fry food in the vacuum of space doesn’t mean that the entire universe has to be devoid of its greasy wonder. In fact, turns out us Earthlings live in an environment damned to produce subpar french fries without even realizing it. According to a new study, if you’re really jonesing for the good stuff, you’re going to need to haul your ass all the way down to Jupiter.

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Behold the new US star destroyer turbolaser cannon—or just a centrifuge

Behold the new US star destroyer turbolaser cannon—or just a centrifuge

Cool photo from Sandia National Laboratories of what appears to be some exotic plasma cannon to be installed in the first US star destroyer—until your dreams are destroyed when you read the caption: it’s a centrifuge "used to simulate gravity for re-entry situations."

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