Braving the Amazon to Study Climate Change
By Jonathan Trinastic (@jptrinastic) Scientists may not be known as the most courageous folk. They deserve such recognition, given their history…
Year: 2015
Startup Founders Need Joiners for Success
By Kate S. Tech startup founders often take great risks to launch new ventures, which earns them a lot of…
Can We Turn Evaporation into Cheap Electricity?
The power of water has long been harnessed by humanity, but another part of the water cycle is being used to turn evaporation into electricity.
Hey Cichlid, Check Out My Sandcastle
By Tom Evans (@AquaEvans) Here is a healthy reminder that all those other fish in the sea aren’t so bad. I’d…
Stay Tuned for Low-cost, Smart Windows
By Kate S. Today, the University of Cincinnati announced that, together with industry partners, they’ve invented new ‘smart window’ shade…
Amazing Hummingbirds: Dancing in the Air
Are you wondering how a hummingbird flies? The flight skills of these tiny birds put our airplanes and helicopters to…
Can Brainprints Replace Passwords?
By Kate S. How many passwords do you keep track of? How many have you forgotten? According to researchers from…
Off-Grid Tiny House Will Blow Your Mind
This is not the set of a sci-fi show. It is the Ecocapsule, an independent off-the-grid micro house from Nice…
Embryogenesis: How to Build a Human
Embryogenesis Illustrated This embryogenesis gif illustrates human embryo and fetus development from fertilization to birth. It is the work of graphic…
3D Printing, Now with Surface Decorations
Science and art go together beautifully. It just got a lot easier and cheaper to add complex surface art to…