The Worm with 100 Butts

Imagine this.  A marine worm with 100 butts.  As they prepare to reproduce, the butts grow eyes and a brain, then detact themselves and swim off to reproduce again.  Too real to be true?  Nope.  It's real. You have to read this article to get the crumbs of information on this "many-butted weirdo" named Ramisyllis multicaudata.  Who says God doesn't have a sense of humor?  

Bacterial DNA - The Perfect Data Storage Material

Large storage mediums are becoming more difficult to find.  With data outpacing storage capabilities, finding somewhere to store data is a challenge.  

Now, for the first time, scientists have written a message into bacterial DNA.  By using what they call an "electrogenetic DNA writer", they are able to use electrical signals to alter DNA inside of living bacteria. In so doing, the potential for mass storage on microscopic scales is possible.  Interested in learning more?  Check out the full article from massivesci.com.  

Transistors Smaller Than a Strand of DNA

IBM has now developed transistors measuring just 2nm in width.  That is narrower than a strand of human DNA.  This means faster electronics, the ability to improve AI and a host of other accomplishments in the fast growing field of electronics.  In this article from newatlas.com, you can view some of the pictures of this feat as well as watch a You Tube video highlighting what was accomplished. 

A Laser with an Intensity of 10 to the 23rd Watts Per Square Centimeter

Imagine a laser beam with "the combined power of  all of the sunlight across the entire planet, but pressed together into roughly the size of a speck of dust or a single red blood cell." That's what a Korean research team has been able to create after ten years of toiling. This mind-blowing power could potentially be used to study cosmic rays or help treat cancer.  Check out all the details in this article from vice.com.