Science
What Are The Colors You See When You Shut Your Eyes?
Sometimes, when you shut your eyes tightly or are in a pitch black room, your eyes decide it's time for a light show. Random, psychedelic-like patterns and flashes of color will dance around your field of vision like it's 1969.
What Is The Future Of Space Travel?
The use of chemical based rockets to leave our planet and explore space is a dead end technology. It's old, outdated and it's extremely inefficient. Certainly we've discovered and improved upon newer technology in these last 60...
Can We Breathe Other Gasses Mixed With Oxygen?
As you may or may not know, oxygen is only second most abundant gas in what we call 'air'. Nitrogen takes the top spot, accounting for a whopping 78% of the gas in Earth's atmosphere. In third place is Argon at a measly .9%.
What Is The Higgs Boson?
The Higgs Boson, sometimes referred to as "the God particle", is what gives particles and everything around us mass. But what is it and why is it important for scientists? Today, were going to attempt to provide a layman explan...
Can DNA Be Faked?
DNA (or deoxyribonucleic acid) is a nucleic acid which contains the genetic instructions used in the development and function of all life. The instructions and information contained in the genes are unique to the particular lif...
Do Artificial Gills Exist?
An artificial gill is a device humans could use to extract oxygen from water for breathing. Such a device would be invaluable as air supply would be essentially unlimited. Unlike rebreathers and tanks which eventually run out o...
What Is A Warp Drive?
Warp drives, commonly used in science fiction, are propulsion systems which allow space craft to travel faster than light. The most notable usage of warp drives is probably in the Star Trek universe. But what are warp drives an...
Could Humans Colonize A Planet With Stronger Gravity?
With the recent explosion of extrasolar planet discoveries, some relatively nearby, astronomers and space enthusiasts wonder how habitable some of these planets would be for humans. Just don't forget about gravity...
Which Country Is Closest To Building Their First Nuclear Weapon?
Many countries, if they so wished, could develop nuclear weapons without much, if any, help from outside. We wanted to know, hypothetically of course, which countries could develop nuclear weapons the quickest.
What’s The Science Behind Kissing?
Kissing is usually a show of affection between two people. A kiss can be passionate, aggressive, flirty or used as simple greeting. But why do we do it? What's the science behind our desire to kiss?
