Science

Crowdfunding is all the rage these days, with as recently as last week the much anticipated Veronica Mars movie hitting theaters after being funded almost entirely by fans eager to pitch in. But while sites like Kickstarter can be great for passion projects like that film, the people looking for funds are often doing absolutely incredible things. There are some truly amazing inventions and innovat

If you’re going to be performing your day-to-day duties in some of the harshest, deadliest environments in the world, you’re gonna need to drive something with some ass-kicking style.

“Is it a bird? Is it a plane? No, it’s… Actually I don’t know what that is. That’s really weird.” That was private pilot Kenneth Arnold’s reaction

1. The Berlin WallIn the last months of 1989, as the Berlin Wall came down and Germans were tearfully reunited with long lost friends and family, most people

The Internet is full of information, but it can be hard to find exactly the information you need. That's where databases come in, and fortunately, no matter how

It’s natural to be scared of things. After all, it’d be a little ludicrous to never get frightened, whether your fears revolve around sharks, snakes, spiders, death, or, most understandably of all, clowns. But even with the often very reasonable and understandable phobias out there, people have reportedly been terrified of the most peculiar and seemingly innocuous things imaginable over the years,

Everyone seems to love science these days. For most this means liking quotes and pretty pictures on Facebook because real science tends to complex and boring to outsiders. Still, there are a few theories the show up from time to time that will blow your mind.

The fact that we live in an age where there virtually all knowledge is at our fingertips… and yet bogus myths about our own bodies continue to persist…

[display_podcast]1.Ball LightningThis bizarre electrical phenomenon usually occurs during thunderstorms and lasts for up to thirty seconds. Balls of

When exploring a new field of science it’s almost expected that some tragedies will occur because of the very ignorance the scientific community is struggling