Dec

26

More Testosterone Poisoning: ‘Humour Comes From Testosterone’

December 26, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Humour ‘comes from testosterone’. ‘Men are naturally more comedic than women because of the male hormone testosterone, an expert claims.
Men make more gags than women and their jokes tend to be more aggressive, Professor Sam Shuster, of Norfolk and Norwich University Hospital, says.
The unicycling doctor observed how the genders reacted to his “amusing” hobby. Women [...]

Oct

7

The 2007 Ig Nobel Prizes: Sword Swallowing, Wrinkling Sheets, Autotrophic Organisms, Vanilla Fragrance and Much More

October 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners. ‘The 2007 Ig Nobel Prize winners were announced, and their prizes awarded to them, last night (October 4)at a gala ceremony at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre.’
Visit the 2007 Ig Nobel Prize Winners list

Aug

16

How to Quantify the Uncertainty of “Instantaneously”

August 16, 2007 | Leave a Comment

‘We have broken speed of light’. ‘A pair of German physicists claim to have broken the speed of light - an achievement that would undermine our entire understanding of space and time. According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, it would require an infinite amount of energy to propel an object at more than 186,000 [...]

Aug

7

The Best Summer Physics Project: Studying Bubbles in a Glass of Beer…

August 7, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Putting the fizz in physics. ‘Many of us look forward to a cold beer at the end of a hot summer day, but physicist John Page brings beer to work. For him, the bubbly beverage is a perfect medium for demonstrating a scientific technique pioneered by his group at the University of Manitoba.
Page is a [...]

Jul

5

Orbo: Free-Energy Technology

July 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Orbo: Free-Energy Technology from Steorn. ‘Orbo produces free, clean and constant energy - that is our claim. By free we mean that the energy produced is done so without recourse to external source. By clean we mean that during operation the technology produces no emissions. By constant we mean that with the exception of mechanical [...]

May

27

Predicting Cognitive Abilities with Finger Measurements

May 27, 2007 | 1 Comment

See Those Fingers? Do the Math. ‘Boys with the longest ring fingers relative to their index fingers tend to excel in math, according to a new study. In girls, shorter ring fingers predict better verbal skills. The link, according to the researchers, is that testosterone levels in the womb influence both finger length and brain [...]

May

1

BBC News: Kryptonite Discovered in Mine

May 1, 2007 | Leave a Comment

‘Kryptonite’ discovered in mine. ‘Kryptonite is no longer just the stuff of fiction feared by caped superheroes. A new mineral matching its unique chemistry - as described in the film Superman Returns - has been identified in a mine in Serbia. According to movie and comic-book storylines, kryptonite is supposed to sap Superman’s powers whenever [...]

Mar

5

Brain Man Videos

March 5, 2007 | Leave a Comment

Brain Man on 60 Minutes via Yahoo News. ‘Meet Daniel Tammet, a 27 year-old math and memory wizard. He can do things with numbers that will truly amaze you. He is a savant. . . with a difference. Unlike most savants, he shows no obvious mental disability, and most importantly, he can describe his own [...]

Oct

8

Physics, Chemistry and Biology 2006 Ig Nobel Prize Winners

October 8, 2006 | Leave a Comment

The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize Winners. ‘The 2006 Ig Nobel Prize winners were awarded on Thursday night, October 5, at the 16th First Annual Ig Nobel Prize Ceremony, at Harvard’s Sanders Theatre.’
Physics: Basile Audoly and Sebastien Neukirch of the Université Pierre et Marie Curie, in Paris, for their insights into why, when you bend dry [...]

Sep

21

Negative Refractive Index Metamaterials

September 21, 2006 | Leave a Comment

Superlens microscope gets up close. ‘The first direct near-field optical images from a superlens have been obtained by researchers in Germany and the US. Superlenses are made of negative refractive index metamaterials and this breakthrough could lead to their use in enhancing near-field microscopy for imaging biological samples and materials used in electronics (Science 313 [...]

Aug

18

XXL Sized Periodic Table

August 18, 2006 | 1 Comment

World’s Largest Periodic Table of Elements. ‘Its impact is huge: it neatly organizes the substances from which all matter is composed. But this fall, in Chicago, the periodic table of elements is going to literally be huge – eight stories tall. The world’s largest periodic table of the elements will be unveiled in [...]

Aug

8

Discovery MythBusters on Diet Coke / Mentos Experiment

August 8, 2006 | 17 Comments

Mythbusters and exploding Coke. ‘The viral video Web site YouTube.com is full of video that show people dropping mint Mentos candies into bottles of Diet Coke and watching the immediate shooting geyser that results. Sure, it’s fun to do and cool to see, but there has to be some science behind it. Enter Discovery Channel’s [...]

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