The Martian is a book by Andy Weir about how potatoes will become the first food crop on Mars. Alright, it’s about…
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Two of our favorite science writers, Robert Krulwich and Aatish Bhatia, just launched a new science blog about…
It's Impossible to Watch This Profile of AeroPress-Inventor Alan Adler and not Fall in Love With Him
Inventor-engineer Alan Adler is the man behind the record-setting Aerobie Flying Ring and the widely beloved…
The health tip about drinking eight 8-ounce glasses of water a day has been roundly dismissed by scientists, doctors,…
A study published in the journal Acta Psychologica claims to be the first to investigate lying behavior across all age groups. “Young adults – defined here as people aged 18 to 29 – are the most skilled liars,” writes Christian Jarrett at the British Psychological Society’s Research Digest blog, “while teens are the… Read more
European languages often use the same word for “story” and “history,” but many English speakers regard these words…
Cooper Tire wants to make tires out of guayule, a flowering shrub native to the southwestern U.S. and northern Mexico. The NYT reports the company “is expected to demonstrate tires this week with components” made from guayule-derived rubber, and expects “to make a complete tire... by early 2017.” [NYT via PopSci] Read more
Fossilized feces, aka “coprolites,” are an uncommon paleontological find. But fossilized poop inside a fossilized…
A recent study found that extended bouts of eye contact could trigger “dissociative symptoms, dysmorphic face…
Don’t answer this puzzle too quickly. Read the question closely, and consider your answer carefully (especially if…
This week, the Cassini spacecraft made its fifth and final flyby of Dione, Saturn’s fourth-largest moon. This image,…
A hexagon cake knife is a knife that can cut cake into hexagonal pieces. Matthias Wandel, who is an engineer by…
The apocalyptic “bemusement” park is Banksy’s newest, and biggest-ever, pop-up exhibition. Located in the British…
“Albert Einstein made mistakes, and like many physicists he sometimes published them. For most of us, the times when we go astray are happily forgettable. In Einstein’s case, even the mistakes are noteworthy.” Theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss explores “what Einstein got wrong,” in the latest issue of SciAm.… Read more
I know an animated short about an environmentally conscious shark maybe isn’t the kind of thing you’d normally watch…
You’re biased about your biases. “We judge whether we have a bias by examining our thoughts, and because we believe our thoughts are rational, we often think we’re not biased when we are... And the more we convince ourselves that we don’t have certain biases, the more likely we are to exhibit them.” [Nautilus] Read more
Popular answers to this question included “silver,” “white,” “whatever color it’s reflecting,” and “no color at…