The Large Hadron Collider Returns
Despite assurance by Nima Arkani-Hamed, particle theorist at the Institute for Advanced Study, that collision experiments at the Large Hadron Collider (LHC) would not result in a cataclysmic doomsday scenario,...
Newly Engineered Mini-Circles to the Rescue
How close are we to winning the fight against cancer? “Gotta catch ‘em all before it’s too late” is not just a creative twist on the Pokémon slogan. It’s what oncologists try to achieve on a daily...
What’s That Red Liquid Under Your Steak?
Have you ever ordered a steak done medium — or even well — and then reeled from shock when it came back with red liquid pooling underneath it? Surprise — contrary to popular belief, this liquid is not...
Know Before You Sip
A Look Into Drinking Myths Myth #1 – Eating after drinking can help reduce an impending hangover False. Eating after drinking will do nothing, since the alcohol will be absorbed long before the food is...
Mother Nature Knows Best
The Science of Spider Silk Spider webs are everywhere. From the ornate death trap spanning two tree branches in the woods to the cobweb in the dusty corner of an old attic, we sometimes overlook the amazing...
Own it on Blu Ray(TM)
You’ve probably heard these words, often accompanied with “and DVD” on any commercial for the latest movie release. But what exactly is blu ray, and how is different than DVD? They’re both disks,...
When Rewind Was More Than a Button
Transport yourself back a typical scene from life in the 90s. You and your friends were just about to go bowling, and maybe catch the newest Tom Hanks movie (Forrest Gump – it got really good reviews!)...
Too High and Dry
Where We Are For The California Drought News of the California drought crisis has been circulating around the Internet recently, fueled, at least in part, by the release of a study by NASA. The study...
Stem Cells
The Key to Regenerative Medicine There are more than 123,000 people waiting to receive an organ transplant in the United States. In fact, the lack of available donors and organs for organ transplantations is...
A World Within Us
The Human Microbiome On almost every surface of the human body, both inside and out, are thriving ecosystems of microorganisms: bacteria, fungi and archaea. In fact, there are so many of them that they...