We have become accustomed to seeing a lot of gobbledygook online. But the jargon that purports to explain the workings of the 鈥淩epronizer鈥� elevates bunk to new heights. What is the Repronizer? A...
Have you ever slipped on ice and fallen on your derri猫re? At best, it is unpleasant; at worst, it can send you to the hospital with a broken bone (or even kill you). Icy sidewalks and parking lots...
The poem, 鈥淢y country鈥�, by Dorothea MacKellar, is recited by every preschooler in Australia. One line is of particular relevance:聽
鈥淎 land of droughts and flooding rains鈥�.聽
Anyone who owns a car and who lives in snowy climes will be tempted by this. What if you could buy a small device that you left in your car and that magically melted the snow off of it and...
Electric cars are often portrayed as an invention created to solve the issue of pollution generated from the exhaust emission of gasoline cars, but the electric car has been around the block before...
The word 鈥渜uantum鈥� derives from the Latin word for 鈥渁mount,鈥� so that if something is 鈥渜uantifiable,鈥� it means that it can be measured. Although I think I have a reasonably good grasp of chemistry,...
At first glance, these two things look nothing alike. On the one hand, we see the mesmerizing contortions that proteins display to grant life forms their functionalities. On the other hand, we have...
Though aesthetically pleasing, gold is scientifically quite boring. It is chemically inert, meaning it doesn鈥檛 easily react with other chemicals and remains shiny for long periods which is why it...
Shocking the brain with electricity may bring to mind electroconvulsive therapy or James Whale鈥檚 seminal black-and-white adaptation of Frankenstein. But given that our brain cells use electricity...
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