Year 2013
French Artist Gives Caddisfly Larvae Gold and Jewels to Build Their Protective Cases
French artist Hubert Duprat gave caddisfly larvae shinier materials, including gold and jewels to build their protective cases.
New Copyright-Free Happy Birthday Song Selected
In early January we posted about how WFMU and the Free Music Archive were on the quest to find a new copyright-free (and free to…
Calorie Label Lies, Lab-Testing Calorie Counts on NYC Foods
To test the calorie numbers listed on foods in New York City chain restaurants and convenience stores, filmmaker Casey Neistat took five items to a…
Slow Derek, An Animated Short About a Man Discovering & Struggling With Earth’s True Speed
Slow Derek is an award winning animated short film by London-based animator Dan Ojari. It follows an office worker named Derek who discovers and struggles…
The Science of Adult Film Addiction
The folks at AsapSCIENCE explain the science behind the “internet’s drug of choice.”
Pretty IP Generates a Color Palette Based on Your IP Address
Pretty IP is a simple site that generates a color palette based on the numbers in your IP address. The site was created by Strange.…
Blind Can See Again With Experimental Subretinal Implants
“…and then, I thought, I can see a road…” Frank Swain of SciencePunk reported that researchers at the Institute for Ophthalmic Research at the University…
Students Simultaneously Putt 9 Golf Balls into 1 Hole
Watch as nine Campbell University students simultaneously putt nine golf balls into one hole. The students are members of the university’s PGA Golf Management program.
Maddie on Things, A Book About Dogs and Physics
"Maddie on Things" is a "super serious project about dogs and physics" and features a dog named Maddie standing on various objects.
What it Looks Like to Use Google Glass Augmented Reality Glasses
Last year Google launched Project Glass, its effort to create augmented reality glasses that run on the Android operating system. Today Google released a…