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)