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Thanks, Science: Cutting Whiskey With Diet Soda Gets You Hammered

Mike Adams — Thu, 07 Feb 2013 01:31:30 +0000

To the wild-eyed booze enthusiast, it is a sometimes-necessary evil to cut 80 proof whiskey with diet soda, to keep that girlish figure without having to throw your balls up over your shoulders and just do shots. Good news, friends — it’s also an efficient way to get tanked. New research finds that those who [...]

The Scientific Power of Thought

Kyle Dowling — Tue, 22 Jan 2013 18:51:22 +0000

Mind over matter, people! According to this video, when you change your mind, you physically change your brain. It looks as if the power of thought is an immense gift that each of us hold (sans ‘Honey Boo Boo‘ viewers). As the video states, “imagining an action and doing it require the same motor and [...]

Weird Science: Watch This Bizarre Chemical Reaction

Tom Blunt — Mon, 31 Dec 2012 18:45:20 +0000

Something very strange happens at the 1:15 point in this video. When these three clear solutions are combined on a stir plate, the result changes color — and keeps changing! Don’t ask us why the color change keeps oscillating. That’s what the narrating scientist is there for! The sudden transformation from an amber liquid to an inky [...]

Can Money Buy Happiness?

John Riggs — Sat, 22 Dec 2012 16:37:07 +0000

People have always told you money can’t buy you happiness. It usually comes from people with money telling you when you’re flat broke. Well, one of my favorite YouTube Channels, ASAP SCIENCE, wanted to figure this theory out. Here’s what they came up with. What they figured out, in a nutshell, that giving is a [...]

How To Make A Paper Plane Hover Using Two Fans

John Riggs — Fri, 14 Dec 2012 16:45:32 +0000

This is a fun science trick you can do at home or where ever. This comes from the YouTube channel Star Spangled Science and is sure to amazing your friends and family. Simply enough, get two of the same fan, point them at each other at the same angle and carefully place the fan between [...]

Scientists Discover Gene Responsible for Binge Drinking

Donald Deane — Thu, 06 Dec 2012 01:08:46 +0000

We’ve always thought that binge drinking was just part of being a dumb teenager, but scientists say they’ve recently discovered a gene which could account for the risky behavior. Researchers at the Institute of Psychiatry at King’s College London say a mutant version of the RASGRF2 gene (whatever that is) makes the brain more sensitive [...]

Learn Chemistry With Adorable Dogs

Amanda Ferris — Wed, 14 Nov 2012 16:13:10 +0000

In this heartwarming YouTube video, adorable pooches-turned-chemists Paige and Dexter explain the basics of chemistry using their toys. If your child is struggling with basic chemistry concepts in school or you just need a pick me up after a long, stressful day, this video will make you giggle as the pooches demonstrate the ins-and-outs of chemical bonding.

Duke University Creates 'Harry Potter' Style Invisibility Cloak

Amanda Ferris — Tue, 13 Nov 2012 21:22:11 +0000

If you’re a fan of J.K. Rowling’s hit ‘Harry Potter‘ series, you must have longed for your own invisibility cloak so that you could go off on your own magical adventures just like Harry himself. But invisibility cloaks are merely fictional, right? Wrong! A team of researchers at Duke University have created the first invisibility [...]

10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Thu, 01 Nov 2012 21:53:22 +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. [...]

Science Proves It's Not Your Fault You Need a Nap After Nookie

Shauna Wright — Wed, 25 Jul 2012 13:00:18 +0000

Next time your wife or girlfriend (or paid companion) complains that you fall asleep right after sex instead of engaging in hours of after-glow pillow talk, tell her it’s not your fault — and you can back it up with science.

Scientists Discover New Planet That's Even Smaller Than Earth [VIDEO]

Shauna Wright — Mon, 23 Jul 2012 17:16:00 +0000

Since 1995, scientists have confirmed the existence of more than 700 so-called exoplanets, but most of them have been massive. Now, though, they’ve found a new one — and it’s even smaller than Earth. “People have been picking at the low-hanging fruit, since Jupiter-sized planets are easier to see,” said Kevin Stevenson, the young researcher [...]

Science May Have Finally Found a Cure for the Hangover

Kyle Dowling — Thu, 28 Jun 2012 15:30:59 +0000

Thanks to some of the best minds of our time, we’re finally being given concrete tips that will help us get over those horrid headaches we experience after a night of partying. Hangover cures have been thrown around for decades. But now, thanks to good old-fashioned science, we finally have one we can trust. It’s [...]

How Can We Prove Bigfoot Is Real? How About Using DNA?

Mike Adams — Thu, 24 May 2012 16:00:55 +0000

A team of scientists from Oxford University and Switzerland’s Lausanne Museum of Zoology plan to use genetic testing in an attempt to prove the existence of Bigfoot.

Scientists Discover Possibility of Turning Urine Into Power Source

Shauna Wright — Thu, 10 Nov 2011 15:00:31 +0000

Research done by scientists at the University of the West of England (UWE) in Bristol has for the first time shown the possibility of producing electricity from human urine. Testing was done to determine the viability of urine as a fuel for Microbial Fuel Cells (MFCs), which contain bacteria that emit electrons. After being passed [...]

Whoa! Brilliant Scientists Demonstrate a Real Working Hoverboard [VIDEO]

alex staub — Tue, 25 Oct 2011 18:09:25 +0000

‘Back To The Future’ fans, rejoice! Not only has 2011 been the year of the Nike Air Mag, but thanks to a group of intrepid scientists, hoverboards may no longer be a crazy pipe dream. The scientists in this video may seem to be performing some form of wizardry, but what they are actually doing [...]

Learn Why We Dream in Under Seven Minutes [VIDEO]

Jeremy Taylor — Mon, 24 Oct 2011 14:20:58 +0000

This relatively brief video drops a whole lot of knowledge on why we dream, and what’s going on in our brains when we do so. If you’re in college and cramming for a test on oneirology, you may just want to check out this fast lecture. [via BuzzFeed] Read Original: Learn Why We Dream in Under Seven [...]

Engineers Finally Rule Whether Toilet Paper Rolls Should Go Over or Under

Shauna Wright — Tue, 28 Jun 2011 11:30:42 +0000

It’s an age-old question (and probably the cause of more than one marital argument): Which way should toilet paper rolls be oriented? This is serious business, people. So serious that even engineers have gotten involved. The awesome folks at EngineeringDegree.net put together an infographic covering everything from the history of toilet paper to the physics involved in how it’s hung and the pros and cons of each.