Science

Guest Post: Cyborgs Exist and Humanity is Doomed

By GirlGoneGeek | Published June 29, 2010

[Guest post by GirlGoneGeek -Ed.] “It has become appallingly obvious that our technology has exceeded our humanity.” – Albert Einstein Okay so maybe humanity isn’t doomed, per se, but humanity won’t be like we know it today. In the future the human race will become obsolete, and we have no one to blame but ourselves. [...]

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Japanese scientists can do ANYTHING.

By Darci | Published March 23, 2010

Who says science is boring? Certainly not the GFBRobot crew. We tend to think science is pretty darn awesome. Scientists at Japan’s Himeji Institute of Technology recently proved our point and kicked some serious ass with this microscopic ode to the USS Enterprise. According to a TrekToday post, Takayuki Hoshino and Shinji Matsui created the [...]

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Nat Geo Photographer’s Amazing Experience

By Darci | Published March 4, 2010

This made the internet rounds a while back, but I just ran across it again and wanted to share in case you missed it. While on a photo shoot in Antarctica, photographer Paul Nicklen came face to face with a massive leopard seal and instead of being scary and violent, the potentially vicious predator surprised [...]

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Robot Snake / Snake Robot

By Danielle | Published February 4, 2010

Dr. Johann Borenstein, professor at the University of Michigan, shows off a new class of serpentine robot that utilizes bellows instead of wheels or feet for extreme mobility and versatility. Very cool stuff.

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Slow-Motion Bubble Popping

By Darci | Published January 28, 2010

Ever wonder what a bubble popping looks like in slow motion? Wonder no more. British Photographer Richard Heeks worked diligently for a month to capture these amazing photographs, which were posted last July by the Daily Mail.

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120 Years of National Geographic, In Your Pocket

By Darci | Published January 25, 2010

When I was a kid, I remember visiting friends of my parents who had shelves and shelves full of those old, yellow-spined, National Geographics. That was several decades ago, and even then I remember thinking that they needed more room if they were going to keep collecting the things. Now that I’ve grown up into [...]

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Microbe Mario

By Darci | Published January 22, 2010

The New Scientist has posted an interesting gallery of images that were created by scientists using only microbes. The images come from a site which describes the project as an “example of the exciting interface between art and science”. I tend to agree, though my favorite image (shown here), makes it seem more like the [...]

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Top 10 UFO stories of ’09

By Danielle | Published January 12, 2010

I love The Examiner. They post the news we all want to read, but which isn’t necessarily considered newsworthy by the other agencies. And as cheesy as their stories can be, I’m often surprised at the thoroughness of their reporting, which always includes references, pics,  and links. You know, those  little journalist touches we don’t [...]

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The World At Night (TWAN)

By Andrew | Published January 8, 2010

In case you missed it, this story over at Boing Boing pointed me towards this site with some really good images of the northern lights. But it doesn’t end there. You can also feast your eyes on some really good skygazing pictures, as well. There’s always been something about an aurora that excites the science [...]

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Moon colony?? Sign me up.

By Foo | Published January 1, 2010

How cool is this? Moon hole might be suitable for colony. Apparently, there’s a deep, giant “lava tube” on the moon that could conceivably nurture a human colony. The lava tubes – holes in the lunar surface – are apparently the best bet for such a colony. According to one of the researchers: “Any intact [...]

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