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Man Builds Car for Pet Parrot

Nancy Mace — Thu, 17 Jan 2013 15:18:41 +0000

Just when you thought you had seen it all, a Florida computer engineering student builds a small car for his pet parrot. Andrew Gray said he tried several methods of keeping his African grey parrot, Pepper, from squawking all the time and eventually realized the bird just wanted to be around people. Pepper steers the [...]

New Facebook App Helps You Find Out Who Gave You the Flu

Cameron Simcik — Thu, 10 Jan 2013 17:00:14 +0000

We're not big fans of winter. The only good part of this season is that it's socially acceptable to grow a burly bush of upper lip hair to keep us warm, but other than that it's just cold, dreary and it's also the season of the flu. Just thinking about the chills, the aching, and the fevers makes us want to curl up and cry for our mommy-- it's awful.

How to Boost Your Wifi Signal Without Spending a Dime

Jackie Mancini — Mon, 24 Dec 2012 18:00:29 +0000

If you’re like us, you’re home for the holidays. If your parents are like our parents, they have an vintage router from 1996, and Netflix spends more time buffering than actually delivering. If ancient technology is getting in the way of your only source of Christmas Eve entertainment, we’ve got your solution. We love life-hacks, [...]

Radiation From Solar Flare Bombarding Earth Today

Clay Miller — Tue, 24 Jan 2012 15:23:08 +0000

If you experience issues today with your cell phone or blackberry or any other means of electronic communication, it may not be your provider. The solar flare which is the biggest in six years started Sunday night around 10pm(CST) and is bombarding the earth with radiation. The first waves with the earth within an hour [...]

Watch a Glorious Video of Our Planet at Its Most Stunning

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 06 Dec 2011 21:19:32 +0000

For the past two years, videographer Tom Lowe has been shooting footage of the American Southwest for his upcoming ultra-HD time lapse feature film ‘TimeScapes.’

The new trailer has just been released online, and the footage Lowe has captured of both our planet’s natural and man-made beauty will make you proud to call Earth home.

First The Weekend Earthquakes Then Tornado's on Monday Now an Asteroid?

Clay Miller — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 19:00:44 +0000

First we shook and shook some more over the weekend. Monday brought storms to our area that are normally associated with Spring. Now today an Asteroid? Yes. But don’t run to the bank and withdraw your life saving s or go out and try to complete you bucket list. The Asteroid in question 2005 YU055 [...]

Doomsday Preacher Harold Camping Apologizes for Another Failed End of the World Prediction

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 01 Nov 2011 15:15:56 +0000

Generally speaking, it’s a good thing when the world doesn’t end. But not so for Harold Camping, who has dramatically — and incorrectly — predicted the date the world will end three times. The 89-year old “Doomsday Preacher’s” latest swing and miss was Oct. 21. After over a week of silence, Camping addressed his failed [...]

Did a UFO Fly Over Brooklyn? [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 10 Oct 2011 04:03:21 +0000

Brooklyn resident Noel shot this video last Thursday night from a stoop in Brooklyn, and thinks he may have caught a UFO on camera. Take a look below and see what you think. [via BuzzFeed] Read Original: Did a UFO Fly Over Brooklyn? [VIDEO]

Breathtaking View of the Auroras From Space [VIDEO]

Dylan Schenker — Wed, 28 Sep 2011 14:12:24 +0000

This breathtaking new video from the International Space Station offers a rarely seen view of the Auroras from space.

The Southern and Northern Lights are one of the most beautiful natural phenomenon in the world. So you can imagine how amazing they look while floating above the Earth. You gotta see this footage after the jump.

Learn the Science Behind S'mores [INFOGRAPHIC]

Shauna Wright — Tue, 27 Sep 2011 11:30:54 +0000

S’mores may seem simple enough. A marshmallow, some graham crackers, a few squares of chocolate and a campfire are all you need, right? But if you want true perfection, camping equipment purveyors REI have provided this helpful infographic to coach you along. ‘The Art and Science of S’mores’ gives you a little history of the [...]

Finally! Astrophysicist Figures Out Most Efficient Airplane Boarding System [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 20:31:48 +0000

Anybody who’s ever boarded an airplane knows that there is something terribly inefficient about the slow, agonizing process. Astrophysicist Jason Steffen decided to do something about the messy procedure, using science to develop a plane boarding method that cuts seating times in half. The idea is simple enough — passengers with children still board first, but then passengers whose [...]

Is Domino's Pizza Really Building a Branch on the Moon? [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:02:41 +0000

If an ad campaign from Domino’s Japan is to be believed, the pizza giant is making plans to take their brand to the final frontier: the moon. In an English-language video posted below, the president of Domino’s Japan lays out the company’s aspirations for opening up a branch on lunar ground. Just a stunt? Maybe not: [...]

Astronomers Discover Planet Made of Diamonds

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 26 Aug 2011 17:52:34 +0000

In the most stunning piece of planetary news since Pluto’s sad demotion, astronomers have found a star-orbiting land mass that is so dense its carbon is crystalline — which means it’s basically a planet made out of diamonds. “The evolutionary history and amazing density of the planet all suggest it is comprised of carbon — i.e. a massive [...]

Good Looking People Are More Selfish — Study

Jeremy Taylor — Tue, 16 Aug 2011 20:26:10 +0000

Attractive people are less likely to cooperate with others, and more likely to focus on their own interest, according to a new study

Spanish researchers had volunteers participate in “Prisoner’s Dilemma“-type games and found that those with the most symmetrical facial features generally took the selfish option, whereas less symmetrically-faced folks tended to cooperate for the greater good.

Did Planet Earth Once Have Two Moons?

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 18:18:57 +0000

Astronomers from the University of California, Santa Cruz have uncovered evidence suggesting that two moons once orbited Earth. They speculate that the second moon — which was about 1/3 the size of our current moon — was formed in the same collision between Earth and a Mars-sized object that scientists believe created our existing moon. Then, [...]

Dieting Forces the Brain To Eat Itself

Jeremy Taylor — Thu, 04 Aug 2011 15:56:00 +0000

When you’re trying to lose weight by cutting down on your food intake your brain is busy chomping down — on itself. Researchers from Yeshiva University in New York have found that when a person diets, the sudden loss of nutrients causes the brain to try to conserve energy by devouring its own cells. As [...]

Researchers Pinpoint the Saddest Movie Scene of All Time

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 29 Jul 2011 20:46:59 +0000

After an extensive study which included screening 78 of the saddest scenes in movie history to 500 volunteers, researchers from Stanford University were able to determine that the final scene of 1979 boxing drama ‘The Champ‘ was the most tear-jerking of all. In the scene, nine-year-old T.J. (played by Ricky Schroder) repeatedly begs his father [...]

Space Shuttle Atlantis Lands – End Of The Line

Clay Miller — Thu, 21 Jul 2011 18:30:14 +0000

Joe Raedle/Getty Images Do you remember as a child how excited you may have become when you heard about the possibility of space travel and who was going into space? Being a member of the “Baby-Boomer” generation I remember well all of the talk about man going to the moon and possibly further in to [...]