What to do with all those dirty diapers? Grow mushrooms in them!

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They’re smelly, icky, stinky, nasty, and gross – dirty baby diapers. And not only do they account for a significant volume of waste in our landfills, they are darn-near indestructible and remain in the landfills for hundreds of years without degrading. What do we do with all those nasty diapers? Researchers think they may have…

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Can a chopped-off snake head still bite you?

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Once during a very dangerous experiment, Geek Slop was bitten by a poisonous snake. After five days of blinding-white visions, sweltering fever, icy chills, mind-numbing headaches, icky red swelling, and unbelievably excruciating pain – the snake died. A chef in China found himself in a similar situation in August 2014 while he was preparing a…

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More unusual optical illusions will blow your mind

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If last week’s optical illusions didn’t blow your mind then this week’s illusions will surely finish you off. Below is the second part of our collection of mind-blowing optical illusions including an explanation of the “spinning woman” optical illusion that so many readers argued with Geek Slop about.

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Cool science pictures that make you go “huh?”

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It is said that a picture is worth a thousand words. In these interesting science pictures, they are worth a single word – “huh?”. Check out the cool science pictures below. If they don’t cause you to scratch your head in wonder, they will at least put things in perspective.

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