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10 Amazing Facts About the Universe You Won't Believe

Carl Pettit — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:45:14 +0000

The universe is a pretty amazing place, from the unimaginably large, right down to the incredibly small. There’s an awful lot going on in this field we call “existence.”With the recent discovery of what is most likely the elusive Higgs boson particle, or some variant thereof, by scientist’s working at the Large Hadron Collider near [...]

10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Fri, 02 Nov 2012 20:00:22 +0000

All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don’t spend enough time questioning what’s actually been said. We’ve picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them. 1. [...]

The Real Life Science Behind James Bond's Gadgets

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 20:04:19 +0000

In anticipation of the upcoming release of 'Skyfall,' the 23rd installment of the James Bond franchise, we've explored five of our favorite Bond gadgets and put them to the test of reality. It's every guy's (and probably girl's) dream to have their own real life Q and his accompanying gadgets. But how many of these are accurate portrayals of reality and how many are far-flung fantasies that belong on the big screen?

5 Ways Science Could Make Us Immortal

JT — Tue, 01 Feb 2011 20:32:37 +0000

Weather geeks are having multiple orgasms reporting this storm as “Snowmageddon 11″ is predicted to kill us. Tons of snow will fall in West Michigan. Glaciers will lift our houses right off their foundations and puppies will excrete poopsicles….we’re doomed I tell you…doomed! Thing is…we don’t have to die. Science has ways to keep [...]