physics -based bumper sticker. The effect is called blue s...

Researchers Qiang Chen and Tie Jun Cui of Southeast University in Nanjing, China created a device that partially simulates the effects (to a limited scale) of a black hole. It bends light differently from a the way that...

There's a strange hexagon shape at the north pole of the planet Saturn.  It was spotted 20 years ago, and Cassini confirms it's still there.  Is it some alien fortress/outpost?  Or something surprisingly cooler? Th...

The entropy of the universe may be 100 times worse...  ...entropy “heat death.” I know nothing about physics , therefore I propose that people take alarmist, u...

What happens when two smoke rings of equal size and different colors meet head on? It's almost like art! http://technology.todaysbigthing.com/2009/08/04 -via Metafilter You'll find a discu...

Absolute Zero is Cool T-Shirt - just $9.95 over at...  ...n (yes, using magnets to cool things down - ain't physics interesting?) to cool rhodium to 100 pK (technica...

Are you familiar with these sixty symbols from physics and astronomy? The University of Nottingham is fo...

(Links open in a new browser window/tab) When Squirrel Attacks This short video clip confirmed my worst nightmare: that squirrels are highly traine...

[youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJzRuprW_cc][YouTube - Link]A rattleback or wobblestone is an object with a smooth bottom that can be spun like a top. Unlike conventional tops, however, the rattleback has an asym...

After many years in grad school, Pauline Fujita of Litmus has had at least as much coffee as science, yet like most of us, she knew very little of the brewed beverage. So, Pauline decided to delve a little into the scien...