The subject of the upcoming documentary The Incredible Bionic Man made an appearance at this year’s NYCC, New York City’s contribution to the comic convention scene. Bionic Man is made entirely of prosthetic body parts and systems, including a cardiovascular system made of a mechanical “heart” and iron-based nanoparticle “blood”. He can also walk—somewhat. Roboticists […]
The Star Wars Rebels art design we were hoping to receive a hint about back in May has arrived, and then some, by way of the New York Comic Con (NYCC). First came an in-film prop: a propaganda poster depicting three Stormtroopers, overlaid with a snippet of the Aurebesh language in a Borg-esque typeface. EDIT […]
The solar storms that interrupt terrestrial and satellite radio signals, interfering with cell phones and other technologies, have been precisely observed by scientists for the first time. They have also successfully predicted the exact impact times of observed solar storms on Earth, possibly laying the groundwork for avoiding future radio communications and power outages. Using […]
Scientists at Stanford University have demonstrated how the formation of Earth’s core is even more complicated than previously understood. Using new 3D imaging techniques, the scientists used a pair of diamonds to squeeze molten metal through rocks under pressure, showing that iron can be squeezed out of rocky silicates deep beneath the surface of the […]
With days of the shutdown dragging on, projects and services across almost all government agencies are, you know, stalled. And the situation at the National Institute of Health in Bethesda, MD is unstable, according to a report in Nature. Hundreds of experiments with animals and cell lines are in jeopardy because researchers can’t go to work.
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Starbucks could charge you a third more for a cup of coffee and, not only would you pay it, but you’d think it justified, one study of brain waves suggests, opening the door to market testing product pricing using neuroscience. The research, by neurobiologist and former marketing consultant Kai-Markus Müller, took Starbucks coffee as its […]
When you bend anything, you stretch the bonds between atoms and force the little fellas to move about against their will. This image shows exactly that happening, inside a sheet of glass.
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Superheroes don’t make a lot of scientific sense. They’re better than science; that’s half the fun. But you’ve gotta try and keep a little believability in there, and Stan Lee explains exactly how to do it.
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What’s faster: A bullet or the fungus Pilobolus? The folks over at Earth Unplugged are back to give us a rare look at one of the fastest things on the planet, which—surprising as it may seem—is none other than this poop-loving fungus.
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On the heels of the recent discovery that accelerometers could be used as indicators for Alzheimer’s disease
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