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The Creamer Cannon

September 3rd, 2009

The Creamer Cannon

Mythbuster is going for some crazy test, to see if they ca create a creamer cannon using non-dairy creamer, compressed air, and a flare. Wow, that’s a scary explosion. Don’t try this at home. Video after the break. Read more…

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Gas Bomb Popcorn

September 1st, 2009

Gas Bomb Popcorn

Can you pop popcorn with laser or explosion? Mythbusters team is going to try it out, using gas bomb. Boom!!! Did it cook the corn? Find out after the break. Read more…

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The Coin Flippers

August 15th, 2009

Coin Flipper

When we can’t make a decision, some of us just let the coin decides, by flipping it to head or tail. Do you think that is fate or randomness? Well, check this out. Nitipak Samsen, a recent graduate from the Design Interactions program at the Royal College of Art, has come out with 9 manually operated and motorized prototypes control the coin flip. Check it out after the break. Read more…

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Paper Clips Stand Up on Subway Train

July 17th, 2009

Paper Clips Stand Up on Subway Train

Here’s a video shot on a Rokko Liner in Kobe, Japan, showing how paper clips stand up when the train accelerates and brakers. That is because of electromagnetism leaking through the floor. Oh no! Don’t wear dress to train! Check it out after the break. Read more…

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Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer Revealed!

July 2nd, 2009

Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer Revealed!

One of our readers named Zaphod has explained to us about the Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer, thanks Zaphod.

He said that it is not an alien and not unknown, just rare. It is a colony of tubifex worms, coiled around each other, and covered with some slime ~ what looks like tentacles are individual worms. When one worm moves it causes the rest to move almost at once and thus you get the “pulsing”.

FYI, Tubifex are living food for the Pleurodeles waltl larvae and the fish. I have found a video of these tubifex worms in Youtube, I guess this is how it looks like without the slime, after the break. Read more…

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Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer!

July 1st, 2009

Unknown Lifeform in North Carolina Sewer!

Ouh…Gross… They found a new creature in sewer in North Carolina. What’s that slimy thingy? It reminds me of the sewer creatures in Resident Evil game. Well, some believed to be of ET origin. Video after the break. Read more…

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Science Experiment: Microwave Ivory Soap

June 10th, 2009

Microwave Ivory Soap

Steve Spangler Science discovers that the microwave oven is not just to reheat the leftovers.

“Grab a bar of fresh Ivory soap and gather your friends around the microwave oven. Sure, you could do it at your home, but save this great trick for the break room or the staff cafeteria. In under two minutes, you’ll have the best soap soufflé you’ve ever seen.”

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World's Smallest Snake discovered

May 7th, 2009


To all snake fans, Leptotyphlops carlae was discovered by biologist Blair Hedges in a jungle on Barbados last year. It is a four inches long snake as an adult and as thin as a strand of spaghetti. Eww! Don’t let this get into the spaghetti.

[via Neatorama]

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Hydrogen Bubbles

February 21st, 2009

Not fun to play with, but fun to watch. In this Popular Science clip, “Theo Gray fills soap bubbles with a hydrogen-oxygen mixture and lights them on fire.” Boops! Video after the break. Read more…

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Sci-fi laser stiches wounds

February 12th, 2009

Researchers from Tel Aviv University have discovered that by meticulously controlling a laser’s heat they can use it to weld the skin shut. Using this method, the skin is less likely to tear and is more watertight than traditional needle (thread stitching). There an experiments on real patients in Israeli operating rooms and have proven successful, their wounds healed faster and less scarring. Video after the break. Read more…

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