Researchers have built and tested a form of invisibility cloak that can hide objects from heat.Similar cloaking efforts are underway to make objects invisible to light and even sound waves, but this is the first device to work with heat. via BBC News – Thermal invisibility cloak in first demonstration.
Imagine a 25-foot-long shark, but instead of having a typical set of jaws, it packs a chainsaw-like ‘tongue’ full of razor-sharp teeth ready to slash through prey with ease. via Ancient Shark With Spiral-Toothed Jaw Studied In Detail – Science News – redOrbit.
The universe we live in may not be the only one out there. In fact, our universe could be just one of an infinite number of universes making up a “multiverse.” via Top 5 Reasons We Might Live in a Multiverse | Hidden Universes...
An interactive map showing the location of bombs dropped on London during World War II has been created. via BBC News – London Blitz: Bomb Sight interactive map created.
In 1963, Alfred “Freddy” Heineken visited the Caribbean island of Curaçao and noted two issues: the lack of building materials for the island’s lower class and the excess of...
Drinking 250ml (8oz) cut high blood pressure readings by 10mm of mercury (mmHg) in a study of 15 patients, bringing some into the normal range, the journal Hypertension reports....
If you escalate cut off in traffic, angry at the gate agent, frustrated at your boss, you’ve just added negative energy to a conversation.If you escalate high-pitched enthusiasm, a...
Coca-Cola was invented by an Atlanta pharmacist in 1886, with bottles of the bubbly elixir costing five cents. Nearly 150 years later, it’s still around, and arguably as popular...
Doing simple tasks that allow us to daydream is key to solving trickier questions playing on our minds, scientists find. via Daydreaming really is the key to solving complex...
When LG wanted to promote their new 3D home-theater-in-a-box, surround-sound product, they went to Brazilian design and advertising firm Y&R to come up with a concept. What the firm...
“The voyager space probe was launched in 1977 and has been the flagship of human space exploration ever since. It took many important pictures of Saturn and Jupiter. Its...
For only the second time in history, a team of scientists have discovered an extremely rare triple quasar system. via Extremely rare triple quasar found | Science Wire |...
Unbelievable Wingsuit Cave Flight! Batman Cave, Alexander Polli – YouTube.
The UK has some of the smallest new homes in Europe. via BBC News – A life lived in tiny flats.
