Why is Toilet Paper Always White?
Toilet paper is an odd thing. Despite the fact that we often rub it against one of the most sensitive parts of our bodies on a daily basis, very little thought is ever given to where it came from or how it's made.
Toilet paper is an odd thing. Despite the fact that we often rub it against one of the most sensitive parts of our bodies on a daily basis, very little thought is ever given to where it came from or how it's made.
The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has awarded a grant to an Aussie research team, who are making condoms out of hydrogels.
US Geological Survey's biologists attached cameras and radio collars to four free-ranging female Alaskan polar bears.
In the Soviet Union, western antibiotics couldn't make it past the Iron Curtain. So Eastern Bloc doctors figured out how to use viruses to kill the bacteria that caused infections.
These new OLED displays that can be folded up like a magazine may prove to be the death of e-ink.
Bad news everyone. It was suggested that the miracle 'blood + acid = stem cells' research might not have been true.
Good news for those of us who've ever felt embarrassed about not being able to get the cap off a bottle.
Just don't get your hopes up about flipping away speeding cars that are about to hit you, or yanking the doors off safes.
Mind-controlled airplane powered by the pilot's brainwaves? Hold on for a moment while we look for the nearest emergency exit.
A team from Brigham and Women's Hospital in Boston has managed to successfully fabricate blood vessels using a three-dimensional bioprinting technique.
Turns out that consuming cannabis before going to town on some meth could keep your brains from scrambling themselves. Newly published research out of the University of Cagliari suggests that THC, the active cannabinoid compound that gets you stoned, could protect your brain from the inflammatory effects of methamphetamine use.
The Pixie Dust display uses sound waves to create images and animations from real particles that appear to float in mid-air. It probably sounds implausible, but there's video of it in action. And yes, what you're seeing is actually happening, no gimmicks or special effects.
With Soylent to eat (or I guess drink) and Palcohol to drink (or maybe eat), it seems the kitchen of the future will just be a blender. But don't haul your stove to the curb just yet: an admittedly small study says that mice who ate nothing but powdered nutrient ended up more sickly than their friends who had to chew.
