He’s only 15 years old, but he may soon save thousands of lives. Jack Andraka of Crownsville, Maryland won first place at this year’s Intel Science Talent Search. He did so by devising a simple dipstick test that can detect pancreatic cancer cheaper…
Fantastic. I’ve studied Research Methodology, and I hated how some academics jumped to conclusions just because there was correlation; or even worse, ignored or inflated some variables to get the necessary correlation so they can call it causation.
Here’s an inspired idea for all of you DIYers with tons of useless RAM sitting around, a Christmas tree made of RAM chips that would make the ultimate geek gift. And really, what else are you going to do with all that 128mb RAM you have squirreled a…
Meet the newest critter at Perth’s Zoo, a baby echidna. It’s even known by an adorable/ugly name, as echidna babies are called “puggles.” There are even more pictures over at the link.
After a Kuwaiti team shockingly established a world record for the largest bucket of chicken in 2009, a team of valiant and patriotic Americans bested them with this 1,645-pound bucket. Our Founding Fathers, like General Washington and Colonel Sande…
Amy Sheridan sells lovely but subversive embroidered items in her Etsy shop, including Kanye West Tweets, preserved for all time in framed embroidery. Her entire existing inventory sold quickly, and Sheridan issued a message about ordering one.
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36 hours to make one. It’s ‘ultimate’ in the ‘final’ sense of the word - after all the hassle of making it you’ll really what a waste of your time it was so will never make another.
Allegedly, this is a picture of a Godzilla-shaped Christmas tree that appeared in the Aqua City Odaiba shopping mall. Within minutes, it destroyed the mall. So, in retrospect, it was a really bad idea.
If you’re tired of boring old fabric-covered cubicles, you can always invest a little time and money to convert yours into a gorgeous wooden study. If only they had a how-to guide.
The remote Mustang caves of Nepal are yielding treasures and artworks that lead…
When 6-year-old Elena Desserich was diagnosed with brain cancer, she began…
Sarah Hoke Thomson’s brilliant Halloween costume brought a Roy…
55-year-old Indian citizen Kashi Samaddar has completed an almost-seven year…
This is the 45,000 ton Bagger 288 digger built by Krupps in Germany, and it is…
The 4th cake (the cake in which all the other cakes are baked) is a lie.…
Karl Rabeder grew up poor and thought that life would be wonderful if he had…
The bread code has been cracked! Or maybe it’s been sliced?
There are a lot of highly successful people in this world who never even…
The 1984 film Ghostbusters starred Harold Ramis, Bill Murray, and Dan Akroyd as…
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The Virginia Republican Party picked conservative minister E.W. Jackson as…
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