Tag: Science

The Science Behind Traffic Jams
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RA4WaNLR2gU Each snowflake in an avalanche pleads not guilty. It is the same for drivers in traffic; we are traffic, but we wonder how traffic can...
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Alzheimer’s: A Discovery of Two New Gene Mutations
A research team from the Massachusetts General Hospital have discovered two gene mutations that could cause late onset Alzheimer's disease in humans. The good news, according to th...
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Real Lightsaber: Science Has Made Star Wars Reality
Thanks to scientific advancements, humans on a planet in a galaxy not so far away have developed a device that bears a striking resemblance to the famous lightsaber that everyone k...
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Xiaolian Nose: Man Has a Nose Growing on Forehead
Typically the news of a nose job isn't too interesting unless you like to gossip, but a man from China has a nose job that would render even the biggest gossip speechless. A man w...
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Popular Science Disables Comments, Says They’re ‘Undermining Bedrock Scientific Doctrine’
At what point do internet comments, whether they are civil or uncivil, begin to undermine the entire purpose of the site on which they are hosted? Whatever that point is, Popular S...
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Alaska Glacier Thaws, Ancient Forest Emerges
News that will no doubt spark global warming debates, an ancient forest floor has surfaced thanks to an Alaska glacier thawing. According to...
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Arthur Levinson Talks About Calico, Google’s New Death-Fighting Company
As you may have heard by now, Google has started a new company called Calico aimed a...
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Important Info for Internet Users: What Would Happen If You Never Went Outside…Ever Again?
Redditors, WoW players, and agoraphobics - listen up. As tempting as it may be to just stay inside for the rest of your life, well, don't do that. Your body needs that precious sun...
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Kite Patch Looks to Make You Invisible to Mosquitos with Wildly Successful Crowdfunding Campaign
When it comes to defending yourself against one of life's greatest nuisances, mosquitos, you're pretty much limited to a few unappealing options. You can just stay inside - that us...
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Poop Is Gross, But the Poop Cycle Is Kind of Fascinating
Our favorite science illustrators AsapSCIENCE have just waded into some murky waters. Yes, they're talking about...
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Maria Mitchell Google Doodle Honors First Female Professional Astronomer
Today, Google is honoring Maria Mitchell with a really cool Doodle that shows the first American professional female astronomer using a telescope to look to the sky - presumably in...
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Giant Honey Mushroom Still Unseated As Largest Despite New Find
The giant honey mushroom found growing in Oregon in 1998 is still the largest known living organism, taking up a whopping 2,200 acres as it grows on tree roots in the densely popul...
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Check Out This Amazing Time-Lapse Video Of The North Pole Melting
The North Pole is melting, and now there's a pretty shocking video to prove it. The North Pole Environmental Observatory captured some stunning images of huge chunks of ice tur...
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Rosalind Franklin, DNA Pioneer, Gets a Google Doodle
Today, Google is using their homepage real estate to honor British biophysicist and X-ray crystallographer Rosalind Franklin with a Doodle. Franklin's studies on DNA, RNA, and viru...
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Neil deGrasse Tyson’s Cosmos Reboot Gets an Incredible Trailer
Holy science is this epic. Fox has just unveiled the first trailer for their Cosmos reboot, and it's three and a half minutes of pure joy. Fox's Cosmos is based on/a c...
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