Cool Finds
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NASA Uses Interplanetary Internet to Control Robot in Germany
We're not going to say these are the tools of the robot apocalypse. But, they're probably the tools of the robot apocalypse
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A Four-Point Plan For Feeding Nine Billion People
The world is set for food shortages as the population continues to climb. Here are four things we can do to stop it
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Why We Can’t Give Good Directions
Our minds find it incredibly difficult to appreciate how the world looks to someone who doesn't know it yet
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Mine-Hunting Humans And Dolphins To Be Replaced by Robots
Just like human jobs, mine-sniffing dolphins are being replaced by robots
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Having Trouble Finding the ISS in the Night Sky? Have NASA Text You
NASA will email or text you to let you know when the ISS will be in your area
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Watch These Beetles Tear the Feathers off a Parrot
Sometimes you just want a skeleton
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How Astronauts Take Such Beautiful Photographs in Space
How do astronauts capture such amazing photos? What gear do they use? What problems do they run in to?
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The Scientific Reason Complementary Colors Look Good Together
Science explains the dynamics behind bold pairings of complementary colors
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Picking Up Bacteria Is Now As Easy As Playing a Video Game
Using your hands, a Microsoft Kinect, and some laser tweezers, you can push around nanoscale objects
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The Hunt for Bigfoot Goes High Tech
If anyone can find Bigfoot, it's probably the drones
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Island Nation Now Runs Entirely On Solar Power
A one-megawatt solar power plant now provides150% of the electricity demand of a small Pacific island nation
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One Day, Your House And Everything in It Could Be Made of Mushrooms
Houses, car parts, furniture--it could be a very mushroom-filled future
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Here’s Why We’re Not Living in an Ice Age (And Why That Matters for the Future)
The same feedback systems that took us from ice age to modern warmth are still around
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Brits Have Invaded Nine Out of Ten Countries
At various times, a new study found, the British have invaded almost 90 per cent of the countries around the globe
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Cities, Bridges And Burning Man Don’t Build Themselves
As humankind expands into the far reaches of the world - we build things. Bridges, cities, buildings. How do those things get built?
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Top Secret WWII Message Found In Surrey Chimney
A message, carried by a long-dead pigeon, was found 70 years later in a chimney
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Passive-Aggressive Snarks Own Wifi Networks
For wifi network owners, things are getting personal. Network names now replace stick it notes as the means of conveying passive-aggressive snarks to annoying neighbors. The BBC did a little digging and found the following gems floating about in local cyber space: “Stop Stealing My Paper!” begins one exchange, to which the reply taunts: “FYI, I Don’t [...]
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In Canada, People Gladly Trade in Guns for Shiny New Cameras
Give up your pistol, get a new point-n'-shoot camera
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The World’s Happiest Man Is a Tibetan Monk
Matthieu Ricard, a 66-year old Tibetan monk and geneticist, produces brain gamma waves never before reported in neuroscience
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How to Tell If Your Kid Will Become a Great Artist
Spotting artistic talent in your own kid is hard - but here are some ways to do it
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