Ottawa, Canada: Thanks to its immense size, Jupiter’s force of gravity is 2.5 times that of Earth. Neil Fraser set about testing whether this extra gravity would affect the functionality of a common lava lamp, …

The recent cold weather in South Korea is reportedly responsible for the recent spike in sales of CJ Corporation’s snack sausages – they are selling like hot cakes, but not because people are hungry.
The electrostatic …

When NASA announced the release of the most detailed pictures of Pluto that have ever been seen, I must admit to having experienced a certain level of excitement. After all, it is not very often …

This object, which was first picked up by MIT’s LINEAR, was so incredible that it demanded a second look. NASA repositioned the Hubble and captured a beautiful shot of a debris cloud orbiting between Mars …

South African “electrosensitive” activists who claimed to have experienced terrible symptoms caused by their local packet-data radio tower seem to have ended up with a little egg on their faces.
The tower that allegedly triggered their …

NASA has confirmed that a small baggie of white powder that was found in the hangar of space shuttle Discovery is in fact cocaine.
A shuttle maintenance worker is reported to ahve found the baggie outside …

An African American HP user made an unusual discovery, the face tracking technology that came with his new notebook didn’t recognize his face.
It might have been put down to a malfunction, but for the …

As you can see from the video, this gentleman has set about mounting a remotely controlled rocket launcher to his motorcycle.

Video footage has emerged of octopi exhibiting some rather fascinating learned behavior; they were carrying coconut shells to use for their own protection.
Researchers observed veined octopuses (Amphioctopus marginatus) in Indonesia carrying coconut shells that were …

National Geographic photographer Paul Nicklen describes how he was taught to hunt, and later fed by a large leopard seal in Antarctica over a four-day shoot.

Professional diver Anatoly Beloshchin recorded this incredible video on a cave dive at Cenote Angelita, Mexico. Beloshchin could be forgiven for being a little squeamish around the “river”, as it is actually a layer of …

The X-Flex wallpaper system, which may see service in Iraq and Afghanistan, offers a new way to protect existing construction from explosions.
From PopSci:
X-Flex bonds so tightly, it helps walls keep their shape after blast waves. …

Can a microwave oven be used to power a radio controlled helicopter? That is the question that Bang Goes The Theory’s Jem set out to answer, and answer it he did.

When the management at the Alton Towers theme park heard that a large number of visitors skipped breakfast out of fear of losing it on their rides, they decided to take action.
They called on Dr …

The SMARTHAND is a little different to a regular inanimate prosthesis: it is connected to nerves in the arm. The hand’s owner can feel the robotic prosthesis and use it much like one would use …

Mexico’s Decano Industries has developed a speed bump that only bumps fast cars.
The Decano speed bump, which costs $1500 to install, raises from the road when cars are traveling too fast and retracts when …