ABSOLUTELY DO NOT TRY THIS.. The very adventurous styropyro is at it again with his latest invention. This time he makes a very interesting laser and describes a bit of the details. As mentioned don’t try this without the supervision of a professional it is extremely dangerous: This is a flashlamp pumped Er3+ doped Yttrium…
Could Forms Of Life That We Don’t Understand Be On Mars Right Now?
What do you think? 2015 has been quite a year for astronomy and Mars in particular with some incredible new pics. And some of those have made quite a buzz on the web like the mysterious “face” and others. That being said, many have speculated that life may have existed on Mars in the past.…
What’s Below The Antarctica Ice Sheets?
We are often searching through outer space with advanced telescope configurations such as ESO or The Hubble Space Telescope. Often times formations that are billions of light years away are being studied by these scientists. What about the mysteries right here on earth? There is a whole ecosystem beneath the ice sheets of Antarctica and…
Ants Make Bizarre Pattern To iPhone Ring
Ants are a fascinating organism. At first glance you might find their social system simple. But if you study them they actually have a method to their madness and a very organized interaction process. So what happens when they find an iPhone? Nothing at first until it rings…that is where things start to get a…
The Mystery Of The Ajanta Caves…Who Built These??
Archaeology is a fascinating filed of intense study and patience. And the Indiana Jones series of movies that started in the 1980s definitely popularized the field for many. Even in Part 2 The Temple Of Doom they examined some Indian folklore alebit fictional, some was based on real mystery and research. The Ajanta caves are…
Guy Makes A Fire Tornado In His Backyard And It’s Insane
DO NOT TRY THIS! It is pretty amazing what you can do with physics and a bit of ingenuity… This ambitious home experimenter configures some fans and other parts in his backyard and makes an insane tornado with fire. It is extremely dangerous and do not try this without the supervision of a professional. Even…
They Want To Build A Floating City That Looks Like A Stingray
They’re serious. As we live in an ever more industrialized world there is abundance but a lot of inefficiencies in many of the processes. Basically a lot of what is taking place is not sustainable. So some architects and planners have theorized about making actual floating cities, including one or more shaped like a stingray.…
4D Printing…What The Heck Is That?
The 3D printing revolution has changed things fast. The most wide spread application is likely for figurines and it has quickly spread to metal parts and other industrial applications. Now there are talks about 4D printing? Yes and the scientist who discusses it in this article is named Skylar Tibbits. He is hoping it won’t be too far…
New Theory That Black Holes Don’t Exist?
Is this Possible? Most astronomers and space fans alike have a fascination with black holes. They seem to defy the laws of the physics that we think we understand. However, there is a new theory that they potentially don’t exist. Wait…what? yes you read that correctly. Astrophysicists Laura Mersini-Houghton and Herald P. Pfeiffer have come…
3 Mysterious Artifacts That Have Baffled Archaeologists
What do these mysterious finds tell us? The field of archaeology is extremely fascinating and was further popularized by The Indiana Jones series of movies. And despite the amount of cool finds over the centuries there are 3 very mysterious artifacts that are still somewhat baffling. Do you know what they are? One is in…
Pluto May Have A Tail (And We’re Talking About The Planet) ;)
Apparently Pluto, the very distant planet in our solar system has somewhat of a tail. NASA discovered some very cold ionized gas over 50,000 miles behind the planet. Believe it or not it is actually considered to be part of it’s atmosphere: This giant tail is actually part of Pluto’s atmosphere. Except that the bits…
They Found The Furthest Thing Within the Solar System
Apparently they have just made an interesting discovery within our very own solar system. At the edge, they found the most distant object ever. The only thing further was the Pioneer and Voyager crafts and those don’t really count since they are man made. Do you have any idea what this thing could be? An…
“Arguably the Most Important Planet Ever Found Outside the Solar System”?
That is a bold statement. Astronomers and astronomy fans alike are going crazy over a new planetary discovery. Apparently this exoplanet is only 39 light years away and is being called GJ 1132b. It is close enough to study in much further detail and they are saying it is extremely similar to Venus. (Note the pic…
Did They Actually Discover Ice Volcanoes on Pluto?
No way.. It has been quite a year for astronomy in 2015 and specifically for the planet Pluto. They may have actually found ice volcanoes…seriously. They get into the data a bit and explain why they think this is a possibility: Thanks to NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft, there’s a good chance we’ve found a frozen volcanic…
Basketball Does Something Awesome In This Experiment
Have you ever heard of the magnus effect? That is precisely the property of physics that these guys are demonstrating in this experiment. They throw this basketball off of an extremely high place and are sure to give it a lot of backspin. This causes it to make an interesting trajectory. Let’s watch what happens…
Invisibility Jacket Makes It Look Like You Are See Through
Some of us may remember the movie Predator from the 1980s where the bad alien could become virtually invisible in the jungle. Now scientists have made a similar technology in their labs…seriously. It actually uses nanotechnology to make it appear like the scenery behind you is actually in front of you. This creates the illusion…
Astronomers Are Baffled By The Orbit Of Pluto’s Moons
This has been quite a year for astronomy. One of the most exciting breakthroughs are the new photos of Pluto. And with this new data come new theories…or mysteries about Pluto’s moons: The orbits of Pluto’s four smallest moons are even more chaotic than scientists had expected, according to new results from the New Horizons…
There Futuristic Transportation Methods Will Amaze
Would you take any of these? Transporation has evolved over the millenia and centuries from the wheel to the steam engine and the use of fossil fuel based engines. However, we are at somewhat of a crossroads in the sense that a lot of methods may not be sustainable. So what is the solution? Is…
Home Inventor Makes Powerful 40W Laser
Whoa! The ever adventurous styropyro does it again with this awesome homemade laser. Here is how he describes it: I finally got a hold of a carbon dioxide laser, this one packing 40W of output power. This laser’s power puts the power of all my other lasers to shame. It’s wavelength is 10600nm, deep into…
Anti Gravity “Science” Secret In His Performances
Find out the king of pop’s secret Whether you are an MJ fan or not, his anti gravity style dances have been keeping people wondering for decades. How did he do it? Indeed he is a super talented dancer but some moves literally seemed to defy the laws of gravity. You are correct and guess…
