Quantum Droplets

A team of physicists in Barcelona has created liquid droplets 100 million times thinner than water that hold themselves together using strange quantum laws. (Read on)

Stop Hiccups With Your Butt

The vagas nerve is one of 12 pairs of cranial nerves traveling almost the length of your body.  This nerve affects the heart, lungs, stomach and appropriately ends at your butt. So, according to scientists, doing a "digital rectal massage" can stop hiccups since this nerve is all part of the process.  (Read on) 

Excitonium - Escaped Electrons and the Holes Left Behind

Scientists have proved the existence of a new type of matter called Excitonium.  This matter could act as a superfluid, a superconductor or as an insulating electronic crystal. Theroized in the '60's, it's existence now discovered has far reaching possibilities.  (Read on) 

Holy Bones

A macabre church in the Czech Republic is decorated with the bones of thousands of plague victims.  (Read on)

Fire Hydrants of Many Colors - Why?

Did you know that the different colors that fire hydrants are painted are not just for looks but actually mean something? For the most part, they are painted to represent how many gallons per minute (GPM) the hyrdant can supply.  They also can represent where the water comes from.  (Read on)

Butt-Breathers

Some turtles hibernate in cold, frozen ponds for upwards of three months, at times, by breathing through their butts.  They can pick up oxygen through blood vessels that are near the surface of their bodies in order to stay alive.  (Read) 

Charging Your Phone with Ambient Light

Researchers have developed a way to print thin solar panels on inkjet printers that can be used to charge cell phones using just ambient light.  The sheets can be printed to any size and affixed to things like a T-shirt, backpack or the phone itself.  (Read)

Finding the Elusive Tetraquark Particle

From matter to molecules to atoms to electrons and atomic nuclei to protons and gluons and quarks, the subatomic world is filled with fascinating structures.  Physicists are now on a quest to find the tetraquark which they theorize exists.  This article give a great in-depth discussion of all levels of the subatomic world. (Read)

Attoseconds in One Second = Seconds In 31.7 Billion Years

The shortest controlled event ever created by humans.  That's what scientists have been able to accomplish with an x-ray laser that pulses at 43 attoseconds.  To comprehend that small number, there are as many attoseconds in one second as there are seconds in 31.7 billion years. Wow! (Click to read)

Noise Cancelling Fork for Noodles

Nissin has developed a fork that connects to your smartphone allowing you to hear "other" noise in place of slurping noodles.