Russia Rattles a Saber

Calling it the ‘Father of All Bombs’, the Russians have flexed a muscle and countered the US’s MOAB, affectionately known as the ‘Mother of All Bombs’ claiming to have held a successful test. The specs sound impressive but I have yet to see a video or picture. It supposedly is as powerful as some nuclear …

Physics Honors Project; need input

Hello and thanks for coming. This semester I have an Honors Project for my Physics class and I would like some input from people in the know. The project is basically a comparison and analysis of Newtonian Physics versus MoND (Modified Newtonian Dynamics) and Dark Matter hypotheses. This is for a Phy121 level class but …

Walk to End Alzheimer’s

Alzheimer’s affects everyone! People over the age of 65 are most at risk and currently there are about 24 million people worldwide suffering from Alzheimer’s. As the baby boomers of our country and most of the median age of the industrialized world’s population reaches 60 more cases of Alzheimer’s will become prevalent. This is bad …

How to make Thermite

Yeah that’s right, first smoke bombs now thermite. It’s easy to make but can be dangerous so use with caution and for goodness sake, kids don’t do this without the army guy nearby.

Ultimate Colored Smoke Bomb

I found this neat how to video on making the ultilmate colored smoke bomb. As always be careful when doing things like this and never use these in an unsafe manner. I accept no responsibility for your actions Click the picture for the video.

Giant Crystal Cave

***WARNING*** This might drop your jaw but rest assured these photos are real and so are the crystals Giant Crystal Cave near Delicias, Mexico (click picture for more) I found this article on the National Geographic site discussing a cave that was discovered in 2000. It wasn’t until the water was pumped out that they …

What color paint is that? No color

From Slashdot “Researchers at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute have created ‘the world’s first material that reflects virtually no light.’ This anti-reflection technology is based on nanomaterial and could lead to the development of more efficient solar cells, brighter LEDs, and ‘smarter’ light sources. In theory, if a room were to be coated with this material, switching …