The Perfection of the Continuity Equation, Key to the Foundations of Reality
Physicists want equations that connect behaviors directly to the foundations of reality. With the continuity equation, they actually pull it…
Drink Juice Like an Astronaut With the Magic of Reverse Spherification
Reverse spherification ramps up the surface tension of a droplet, making it so stable that it stays together even if…
Dissolving Pills Aren’t Just Beautiful. They’re Science as Hell
A crisscrossed network of holes counterintuitively helps extended release tablets expel the same amount of medicine all day long. The…
The Search for a New Type of Neutrino Turns Up Empty
Experiments have fleetingly hinted at a fourth, so-called sterile neutrino. But it seems like it was never there in the…
Sorry, Folks. The LHC Didn’t Find a New Particle After All
Physicists keeping on trying to prove the Standard Model wrong, and they keep failing. The post Sorry, Folks. The LHC…
Crap’s Spontaneously Combusting in Upstate New York
The heat that builds in a manure pile kills harmful bacteria like E. coli, leaving nutrient-rich fertilizer free of pathogens.…
A Freaky Anti-Rubber Is Still Weirding Scientists Out
Auxetics are a class of materials whose curious and complex properties have excited researchers for decades. The post A Freaky…
Google’s Famous Kitchens May Serve Fake Shrimp Made of Algae
Which is better: Shrimp made of shrimp or shrimp made of algae? The post Google’s Famous Kitchens May Serve Fake…
The US Is Finally Getting Its First Offshore Wind Farm
Designing and building spinning fans hundreds of feet tall that stay sutured to the ocean floor in the face of…
Hear Us Out: You Can Totally Make a Latte Without Milk
If you want a latte without the milk, you should be making it with poop. From bacteria, that is. The…