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Watch The First Fully 3-D Printed Rifle Break On Camera
This gun is just a few improvements away from being terrifying. Just a few months after the first 3-D printed gun caused plastic panic around the globe, there is now a 3-D printed rifle, revealed this...
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Drinking Coffee Linked To 50 Percent Lower Risk Of Suicide
The newest excuse to defend your caffeine addiction. Good news for those of you already reaching for your umpteenth cup of coffee of the day. According to a new study by the Harvard School of Public...
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How To ID A Stolen Monet From A Pile Of Ashes
Monet's Waterloo BridgeMcMaster University via Wikimedia CommonsArtwork to ashes, microscopy to microscopy. The art world has been mourning the loss of seven paintings swiped from a Dutch museum last...
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Could An Asteroid Impact Knock The Moon Into Earth?
Collision CourseIt would take a moon-sized object to move the moon. NASA/JPL-Caltech "If an asteroid hits the moon, it will just get another crater," says Gareth Wynn-Williams, an astronomer at the...
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Turn Any Bike Into An Electric Bike, No Installation Necessary
RubbeeRubbee via KickstarterHook Rubbee on to the back of your pedal-powered bicycle, and let the machine do all the work. So you want to bike, but, ugh, pedaling, right? Get an electric bike instead!...
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Public Trash Cans That Report When They're Full
Enevo One Garbage SensorEnevo"Hi, this is garbage can number 4601970. I am full of garbage." Garbage can use varies. In Finland, where the Enevo One smart garbage can sensor was invented, the garbage...
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4 Smart Textiles You've Yet To See
Bio-coutureTomorrow's clothes could be grown from bacteria in a Petri dishVia FashioningtechSelf-repairing fabric, leather grown from microbes, and more You've probably seen water-repellant textiles...
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New Tactile Sensor Is Lighter Than A Feather
Imperceptible ElectronicsLighter than a feather, and resilient too!NatureThis device could lead to advances in wearable technology, embedded medical sensors, flexible electronics, and more. Researchers...
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Yes, This Exists: A Biohacker Hotline
Ask a Biosafety Expert Should you worry about the fecal samples you've been culturing in your bedroom? Probably!DreamstimeWhen DIY biologists faced tricky safety issues they winged it. Until now. They...
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Hermit Crab Architecture And Other Amazing Images From This Week
Hermit Crab ArchitectureArtist Aki Inomata makes semi-transparent hermit crab shells inspired by architecture, like the New York skyline or houses in Tokyo. The little guys grow out of the shell...
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FYI: Why Is It Funny When A Guy Gets Hit In The Groin?
Shouldn't we feel sorry for the victims of painful physical humor? "Tragedy is when I cut my finger," the Mel Brooks adage goes. "Comedy is when you fall into an open sewer and die." Or when a guy gets...
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Shanghai Company Claims It Delivered Cakes With Drones
Pie in the sky A Shanghai company is using drones to deliver cakes. According to the Shanghai Daily, Incake Company delivered cakes by flying robot, then suspended the service after police officials...
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Hacker Barnaby Jack Dead At 35
Jack, who exposed vulnerabilities in everything from pacemakers to ATMs, has died in San Francisco. Hacker Barnaby Jack, perhaps best known for discovering insecurities in pacemakers that could be...
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New From Dyson: A Tiny Vacuum For City People
DC49 Multi FloorDysonHave a tiny apartment, city-dweller? You will want a tiny vacuum for cleaning up tiny messes. Sir James Dyson, Inventor General of all the gadgets you didn't realize you needed,...
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Seriously, What's Up With Anthony Weiner?
Anthony WeinerPablo Manriquez via FlickrThe science of being a horndog Anthony Weiner has been at it again. Or he's been at it all along? Regardless, the former disgraced Congressman turned NYC mayoral...
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These Glitchy Google Maps Are Beautiful
Glitchy Google MapsKim AsendorfAustralia looks good in purple. By playing with the Google Maps API, Kim Asendorf put together this randomly-generating series: every time you click refresh, a new, weird...
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FYI: Could I Have Prevented My Nearsightedness If I'd Just Spent More Time...
Eye ExamA child gets her eyeglass prescription checked.National Eye Institute, National Institutes of HealthYes, you could have, you little bookworm. My parents were right!! A spate of studies over the...
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The Physics Of Usain Bolt's Record-Breaking Sprint
Usain Bolt's PhysicsNick Webb via flickr and the European Journal of PhysicsUsain Bolt's historic 100m dash at the 2009 World Championships in Berlin. In 2009, at the World Championships in Berlin,...
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A Mathematical Model Of Gun Control Means We Can Finally Argue Over Data
Gun ControlFrancois Polito via Wikimedia CommonsUC Irvine researchers have published a model to predict how gun control affects homicide rates. As highly debated as the topic of gun control is in...
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The Week In Numbers: An Asteroid-Zapping Space Laser, The Worst Planets In...
Exoplanet COROT-7bIt rains rocks hereESO/L. Calçada4,580 degrees Fahrenheit: the surface temperature on exoplanet COROT-7b, one of the 10 worst places to live in the universe, according to NASA...
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