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Mathematically Slicing a Pizza

Tragedy strikes.  Due to a freak accident with a pizza cutter a pizza lays cut off center.  Math to the rescue!  The age old question of who gets the most pizza is finally answered.
The Pizza conjecture asks who will get the bigger portion of pizza if cuts are made off center.  Assuming eaters alternate slices. [...]

Firsthand Record of a Flash flood in the Philippines

Firsthand photos of the start of a flash flood taken in Bohol, Philippines. It is not often you get to see the quickness and destructive power of something like this actually happen. The images are amazing and very sobering. Be sure to read along with his descriptions and check out the video [...]

David Blaine: How I held my breath for 17 min

In this highly personal talk from TEDMED, magician and stuntman David Blaine describes what it took to hold his breath underwater for 17 minutes — a world record. Despite what you may think of David Blaine the science behind what he forces his body to do is fascinating. Full video after the break [...]

Parasitic Fungus Zombifies Ants

The idea of a brain controlling parasitic fungus might sounds like an old X-Files plot, but its just another amazing example of nature at work.  The fungus in question has a fascinating and slightly horrifying relation ship with Carpenter Ants.  While scientists still are puzzled over just how the fungus controls the ants they have [...]

The Internet Loves Monsters

It is safe to say that the Internet has always loved things it can’t explain.  There is nothing like a good rumor or random picture to whip various portions of the web into a frenzy.  This site has reported on several of them.  Cracked as taken a shot, as only they can to debunk some [...]

Astroid Defense – Our Best Options for Defending the Planet

Nope, it’s not a remake of the classic video game or the next Sci-Fi SyFy TV movie.  The possibility of an astroid striking the Earth is a very real possibility.  Recently a large astroid passed with in 50,000 miles of Earth.  Given the vastness of space, that distance is almost too close for comfort.  The problem [...]

Paraplegic Walks After Spider Bite

After being confied to a wheel chair for 20 years, a California man is walking again.  According to the report the man was bitten by a Brown Recluse and as a result needed to be hospitalized.  After being admitted a nurse noticed a spasm in his leg, upon further testing it was reviled that he had regained some feeling [...]

Google Shoots Down Atlantis Find

Frequent users of Google Earth know that there are many unusual things waiting to be found, everything from crop circles to sunken ships.  Last week, many were speculating that the lost city of Atlantis had been found using Google Earth.  However, Google has come forward to explain what exactly your seeing on the map.
As it [...]

Fish with a Transparent Head

No, its not something they fished out of some radioactive sludge somewhere, it is actually interesting solution to the problem of keeping things from sneaking up on you.  The Macropinna microstoma or “barreleyes” as it is more commonly known has a transparent head and elongated eyes.  Its transparent head allows the eyes, which the fish can rotate, to see above [...]

Satellites Collide in First Ever Major Mid-Space Collision [UPDATED]

In has been reported as an unprecedented event, two satellites recently collided in orbit, producing a large debris cloud. According to spaceflightnow, “a commercial Iridium communications satellite and a defunct Russian satellite ran into each other Tuesday above northern Siberia, creating a cloud of wreckage, officials said today.”
U.S. STRATCOM which tracks thousands of objects [...]