This Is What Happens When You Combine Ferrofluids and Glowsticks
Ferrofluids are cool. Glowsticks are cool. What happens when you combine them is pretty neat, too. Read More >>
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Ferrofluids are cool. Glowsticks are cool. What happens when you combine them is pretty neat, too. Read More >>
Behold VFTS 352, the hottest and most massive “overcontact binary” star system ever discovered. The two stars, which are so close that they’re touching, feature a combined mass 57 times that of our Sun. Astronomers say it’s a unique stellar relationship that will culminate in a rather dramatic finish.
Policymakers have tended to concentrate on the economic and environmental consequences of mass urbanisation. But there has been less attention to the effects that such a movement might have on mental health.
Come and have a go if you think you're hard enough.
It was considered probable, based on where the disease liked to hang out, but now it's 'confirmed' based on all the evidence available.
What’s that up your nose?
Black probably should be thought of not as a colour, but as a photon trap.
The goal is to create test subjects that mimic degenerative human diseases, but the breakthrough also raises the prospect of customized pets.
Saving Mother Earth.
You probably don't want to think about Christmas yet, but these seasonal cards which use static energy to stick to almost ANYTHING, have Christmas cheer and smarts to spare.
A strange star located 1,500 light-years from Earth is exhibiting strange flickering behaviour that’s leading some scientists to speculate that an alien megastructure stands in its path.
It's worth remembering.
Its entire aquatic ecosystem is at risk.
We can expect a totally different kind of trick-or-treater this coming Halloween.
We're focusing on the African savanna.
