Unfortunately, there’s no picture for this one, but this could well be one of the biggest scientific breakthroughs in a long time.  If you’ve ever suffered a cut, there are a number of events that occur to promote the wound healing – most notably the coagulation cascade.  This, put in its simplest, traps small platelets […]

Saw this news from watching a CNet TV live podcast.  Funny how the hosts showed a tictac and then motioned that a bulb as small as it can light the road.  It sounded like a jetsons story but I lingered to listen more.  The product has not yet seen production lines, but Luxim proposes that […]

Europe’s orbital cargo platform (an ATV or Automated Transfer Vehicle) has been launched from French Guiana to resupply the space station.  It weighs a whopping 20 tonnes and is of course unmanned, relying on technology and accuracy to get in to position for the ISS (International Space Station).
The vehicle was launched on an Ariane 5 […]

Of course I’m not asking about in general - there will always be a special bond between man and animal, a synergy if you will that will always be devoid of the experience between man and machine. Perhaps it is the difference between actually having a living and breathing life versus looking things up […]

Will the next presidential debate have John McCain and Hillary Clinton feuding over quantum mechanics vs. classical mechanics?  Likely not.  But if scientist James Trefil had his way, that might be the case.
In his new book, ‘Why Science?,’ Trefil outline the case that all U.S. citizens must be “scientifically literate” in order to understand the […]

The whole concept of transforming robots has always been a fantasy of mine. I’ve grown up with mecha anime series like Robotech and its transforming Valkyries. Of course, the Transformers will forever change the way we look at these transforming mechs.
You would think though that this kind of technology will forever be relegated to our […]

For a site that’s clearly meant for us geeks (and in fact written by us too), I’m really surprised that no one’s decided to cover the fact that Virgin Galactic has released the final design of their spaceship.  Of course, what I mean by that is that there are now official images of the craft […]

Yeah…I’m not making that up. This BBC article points us toward foreign exchange company Travelex, who is really thinking ahead. They hired a group of scientists from the National Space Centre and the University of Leicester to create “space money”. Why? Well…let’s let them explain it.
“None of the existing payment systems […]

ThermoSuit is the new gadget presented by Life Recovery Systems, it has a very important feature which is to cool down the temperature of patients taking in consideration their cardiac and brain function. Victims of cardiac arrests, hear attacks, and strokes, are most likely to use the ThermoSuit.

How does it work:
It consists of a disposable […]

In case you are interested in science, more exactly the moon, check out the Phases of the Moon 2008 Calendar. As you can imagine, the calendar shows details about all the phases of the moon on each day of the year.

The progressive phases of the moon graphically chart a shimmering pattern across the width of […]

Stephen Hawking is a man with a great sense of humor. He has appeared on The Simpsons and Futurama, and has never been afraid to make fun of himself. While I don’t know that I would consider the image below “making fun” of him…some readers on other sites have.
Personally, I think […]

According to the UK’s Telegraph, two German Scientists have broken the speed of light - a feat that some thought previously to be impossible. If this proves to be true, and can be duplicated - it will “undermine our entire understanding of space and time”.
According to Einstein’s special theory of relativity, it would require […]