Neil deGrasse Tyson explains how 'Star Wars' lightsabers could actually work
"Star Wars" lightsabers are a novel idea. They're lightweight, portable, and their laser-like beams can cut through just about anything. Unfortunately, the reality isn't so simple. Astrophysicist and...
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This blood-repelling material could be a game-changer for medicine
Steel is like the Superman of materials. It's strong, pliable, elastic, and highly resistant to corrosion.But like most materials, steel is not invincible. When it touches especially aggressive...
View ArticleHere's the $10,000 toilet that everybody is freaking out about
If you've got an extra $10,000 laying around, this is an investment you may not have considered. The NeoRest 750 is a luxury toilet with a load of innovative features. It is created by Japanese toilet...
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12 brilliant kids who give us hope for the future
Billionaire philanthropists aren't the only ones who can change the world. Sometimes a plucky kid with big dreams can leave an even bigger impact.These innovative teenagers attack problems with grit...
View ArticleThis new app could fix the most annoying thing about traveling abroad
The creators behind Memrise, an online language learning app, have created the world's first video dictionary. The dictionary helps users learn new languages by watching short clips of native speakers....
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Superbugs will soon kill more people than cancer
Antibiotic resistant "superbugs" have become one of the world's most pressing public health concerns. An estimated two million people become infected with drug-resistant bacteria in the US each year....
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Here's why tonight's SpaceX rocket landing was groundbreaking
A little after 8:30 p.m. ET on December 21, SpaceX will launched the most powerful version yet of its 229-foot-tall Falcon 9 rocket from Cape Canaveral.Shortly after the launch, SpaceX successfully...
View ArticleNeil deGrasse Tyson explains what 'Star Wars' gets right about science
The original "Star Wars" movies are one of the most beloved sci-fi franchises of our time. But one thing they are not known for is their scientific accuracy. However, Neil deGrasse Tyson found one...
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Scientists keep finding more evidence that bacteria in your stomach are...
It's become an accepted fact that the millions of bacteria that live inside and all over us have a big impact on our health, with connections to gastrointestinal conditions and relationships to...
View ArticleScientists discovered a surprising way to create ‘living’ blood vessels from...
Researchers at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory have created a way to print 'living' blood cells. This could change the way researchers look at diseases in the lab and open the door to new...
View ArticleThese tiny apartments could change New York City
New Yorker's aren't the only people out there that have to cram all their worldly possessions into tiny living spaces, but a new type of construction is creating small spaces that make a big impact....
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Something weird happens to your brain when you are being creative
The best musicians are somehow able to come up with a song or piece of music on the fly that no one has ever heard before. They just let the music flow, riffing off something that exists and creating...
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5 terrible illnesses that genetic engineering could eliminate forever
The dangers of editing the human genome are well known.The significance of changing small aspects of people, tweaking them to our liking, means that even a mostly fruitless attempt to edit human...
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5 American habits I had to give up when I traveled for 22 months straight
At the end of January 2011, I got a stamp in my passport at Incheon Airport outside of Seoul, South Korea.Freshly 24, I had just spent a year teaching English in the Korean capital.Next stop: Beijing,...
View ArticleThis is a fake heart used to train doctors for surgery
Two Hollywood special effect artists left the industry to create fake organs for doctors-in-training.Lisa and Eric Chamberlain started The Chamberlain Group after working on the Oscar-winning special...
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Here's the real reason red wine is good for your heart
Oenophiles rejoiced the day doctors officially advocated for the daily glass of red wine. And for good reason — studies seemed to suggest that regular wine drinking was healthy for the heart.But the...
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This park morphs into a spectacular underwater oasis at the same time every year
What looks like a lake and feels like a lake isn't necessarily always a lake. Well, at least it's not always that deep.Welcome to Green Lake, Austria — a hiker-and-scuba-diver's dream.This body of...
View ArticleLegendary futurist explains how he plans to live forever
Google's leading engineer and prominent futurist Ray Kurzweil says humans just a few scientific breakthroughs away from achieving eternal life. The first step — watching what we eat.Kurzweil — one of...
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Scientists are on the cusp of these 15 discoveries that will transform the world
Technological innovation happens at an exponential rate.Our smartphones are more powerful computers than the Apollo 11 mission to the moon used. Many of the devicIes that power our everyday lives would...
View ArticleThis earthquake-proof bed is the stuff of nightmares
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