Here’s a pictorial of some everyday things magnified. Bet you never imagined they would look like this!
Feel like a giant (and get creeped out at the same time) – some everyday things magnified
Category: General Science
Never before published pictures emerge – Einstein’s office on the day he died
Einstein died on April 18, 1955 of heart failure. A wily LIFE Magazine photographer, knowing the affair was going to be big news and access to Einstein’s family and funeral was going to be an intensely private affair, grabbed a case of scotch whiskey to use as bribes (he knew people would be reluctant to…
Science answers the age-old question – “Should I give it up on the first date or wait?”
We all know that most guys have one thing on their minds during their first date with a girl and are not thinking with their head. Girls on the other hand, are a bit more thoughtful and wonder, “Should I give it up on the first date with this guy or wait?” Now science has…
New state of matter (and new type of magnetism) discovered by MIT researchers
Since 1987, a third state of magnetism, one that could be highly relevant to high-temperature semiconductors, has been a theoretical prediction. Now researchers at MIT have demonstrated experimentally the existence of a fundamentally new kind of magnetic behavior (and a new form of matter), adding to the two previously known magnetic states (ferromagnetism and antiferromagnetism).…
Scientists find proof that our universe could indeed be nothing more than a simulation
It has long been proposed that any civilization of sufficient size and intelligence would eventually create a simulated universe that mirrored itself. Now physicists may have found evidence that our universe is indeed nothing more than a simulation. Researchers at the University of Bonn in Germany have published a paper titled “Constraints on the Universe…
Possible new species of spider builds an exact replica of itself as a decoy
A possible new species of spider in the Cyclosa genus has been discovered that builds a realistic, larger fake decoy spider to confuse predators (or to lure in prey). The decoy spider is built like a larger version of the spider itself, complete with legs and all, and is about an inch in body length.…
“Unbreakable” WWII secret message attached to carrier pigeon skeletal leg may have been broken
Remember the top secret World War II code we reported on earlier – the encrypted code that was found in a capsule attached to a carrier pigeon’s skeletal leg in a chimney? The top-secret coded message that British intelligence said could never be cracked without the proper code book? As it turns out, they may…
New fiber-optical thread doubles as solar power generator
An international team of scientists have created the first fiber-optic solar cell that is thinner than a strand of human hair, flexible, and produces electricity using the same principles as a a flat-panel solar cell. They are hoping to provide the capability to weave the new fiber-optic thread into into fabrics of clothing to produce…
Rechargeable AA battery with USB port for charging or powering mobile devices on the go
This is a cool idea – if it works. A rechargeable AA battery, called Continuance, with a USB port in the side that lets you plug in and recharge or power your smartphone or tablet device on the go. Charge a few of these Continuance batteries up in your battery charger, toss a few in…
Lead-proton collision at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider may have yielded a new form of matter
Researchers at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider (LHC) are reporting an unusual finding in collisions between protons and lead ions – their observations suggest that the collisions may have produced a new form of matter known as color-glass condensate. Normally when these collisions between particles occur they yield hundreds of new particles which fly away from…
