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more about #science mercury_marine: ...and there may be many others, but they haven't been discovered. more » Noobs-R-Us: Someone should show this to the Chinese who can make a society that uses Thorium. They can make Thorium powered cars that can run for 10 years at a time. more » PinballFan: It's my favorite element next to thulium and thallium. These are the only ones of which the news has come to Harvard, And there may be many others, b... more » NightInfinity: What about unobtanium? I mean, we're going to kill a bunch of blue people for it, aren't we? more » Not-too-Pessimippopotamus: Oh what a relief. I thought you said Tholian. I don't want to deal with those wretched hexapods ever again. more » spyker3292: Hmm, looks suspiciously like Unobtanium*. *Avatar reference more » Bubkes: That article doesn't give a lot of important information. Thorium is fertile not fissile like uranium. It can become fissile and be used as fuel by st... more » PossibleCabbage: "a material that could make nuclear power both clean and safe" Isn't it already both clean and safe? Did you mean to say "cleaner" and "safer"? more » pakimetalhed: That picture reminds me of that liquid metal guy in terminator 2 : judgment day more » putch: first reactor better be called mjolnir more » Rejexted: If Thorium is so great, why did the Russians choose Uranium? Is it because they had so much at their disposal? more » otko: I prefer Bolognium. It's atomic weight is snacktacular. more » franco1975: I wish I was named Thorium instead of my wussy name. more » dry-roasted-peanuts: Plus, if you combine it with an Arcane Crystal you get Arcanite. more » jinushaun: Direct sun exposure to organs? Hello cancer! more » Skid-Vicious: WHAT?? Now Cyberdyne Systems changed the name to Invetech? more » Hilo: Fixed. Seriously, how does he expect to be seen as a professional when he can't even get the easy details right. more » Prostate of Grace: I hate clearing jams out of the printer now..... I can't imagine how nasty it will be to yank out crumpled body parts from the rollers when granny nee... more » VideoVampire: Just as long as the "Male Enhancement" crowd doesnt get ahold of this and make the commercials even more unbearable. more » Yerzriknot: This will make my woman suit so much easier to make. more » -
#science
Thorium, the Next Uranium
Wired has a fairly epic look into a material that could make nuclear power both clean and safe called thorium—named after the Norse god of thunder. Of course, scientists recognized its promise back in the 1950s. More » -
#medicine
Invetech Delivers World's First Production Human Tissue Printer
Or, as they call it, a "3D bio-printer." Essentially, it allows scientists to build tissue cell by cell. It's that cool sci-fi medical stuff we all dream about. More » -
#futurism
15 Reasons To Live For The Next 10 Years
The 2000s left us feeling battered, but the 2010s are looking awesome. Thanks to recent scientific research and an explosion of cultural interest in science fiction, there are at least 15 brilliant reasons to stick around for another decade. -
#science
Transparent Goldfish Developed By Japanese To Reduce Unnecessary Dissections
From the same land that transparent frogs were created in, comes the see-through goldfish. Japanese scientists hope that due to the organs and heart being visible, it'll eliminate the need to dissect them in schools and laboratories. More » -
#cameras
This Camera Sees Color as Well As You Can
Japan's PaPaLaB made the first practical camera capable of seeing color as well as the human eye by attaching a special filter to a recalibrated $140k industrial camera. Uses: Archives of fine art and telemedical imaging. [Tech On via Engadget] -
#science
Mysterious Earth's Core Plume Shifting the Magnetic North Pole
The north magnetic pole is moving at 37 miles-a-year toward Russia, which means they're stealing it. Or the Earth's core is fluxing. Actually, nobody really knows what's happening. I just hope it's not a prelude to a catastrophic magnetic shift. More » -
#science
How to Make Your Baby a Genius: The Science Quilt
Now here's how to ensure your child's Nobel Prize. Babies might not understand the theory of relativity (or words even), but maybe this science quilt will have the little tot thinking early enough to get a jump-start on the competition. More » -
#science
Slo Mo Duck's Corkscrew Penis Showcases the Majesty of Nature
Here is a slow-mo video of a scientist making a duck have sex with corkscrew-shaped beakers. It is one of the craziest things I've ever seen. Merry Christmas! More » -
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#space
Voyager Unveils the Mystery of the Interstellar Fluff from Hell
For years, astronomers have been puzzled by the fact that our solar system is crossing a cloud of interstellar hell. One that shouldn't be there at all. Intergalactic plot to keep us isolated or cosmic event? Voyager got the answer. More » -
#science
Stem Cells Cure Blind Man
Tis the time to be amazed: A 38-year-old man has regained vision in his blind eye thanks to a new stem cell therapy. It won't cure all blind people, but it's a giant leap. Here's how it works. More » -
#contacts
Color-Shifting Contact Lenses Alert Diabetics to Glucose Levels
Diabetics are saddled with the unenviable task of checking their blood sugar levels constantly. But a new non-invasive technology lets diabetics keep tabs on their glucose levels with contact lenses that change colors as their blood sugar rises and falls. More » -
#science
Why Even Clumsy People Like You Would Have Trouble Breaking The Display On a Motorola Droid
If you were cursed with buttery fingers, you might want to consider what kind of display glass your gadgets are sporting. Devices like the Motorola Droid, Dell Adamo laptop and Cowon S9 PMP have added strength because of Gorilla Glass. More » -
#inuteroart
Rare In Utero Images Glimpse Animals Inside the Womb
In its documentary Extraordinary Animals In The Womb, National Geographic captured rare highly detailed images of animals at various stages of gestation. Now you can see fetal dog, elephants, penguins, and dolphins still inside the womb.
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#medical
Teeth-Installed Hearing Aids Are Coming
A company called Sonitus Medical is currently working on a new type of hearing aid for people with single-sided deafness, one that uses vibrations in your teeth to allow you to hear again. More » -
#geophysicalporn
Watch a Volcano Erupt Deep Beneath the Ocean
When an undersea volcano erupted this past May near Samoa, researchers captured video of the blast. Now they've released the footage, giving the rest of the world its first look at the deepest underwater eruption ever caught on film. More » -
#comics
Researcher Talk Translated Into Truth
For those who don't understand what a researcher really means when they tell us that flying solar powered cars will be on the market in 10 years, xkcd has provided this super handy chart. [xkcd] -
#science
Bacteria Assemble in Mario Form to Battle Bowser Virus
Here's Mario, and he's ready to rescue that pinky amoeba called Princess Peach. Or give you a food intoxication that will tie you to the toilet for a day. It can go either way, because he's made of glowing bacteria. More » -
#decadeinreview
Ten Science Stories That Changed Our Decade
There is no doubt that science has become more like science fiction in the past decade, with amazing innovations and discoveries that increased our understanding of the universe. We list ten of the biggest science stories from the past decade. More » -
#science
Water World Found Just Around the Corner
This is how I imagine GJ1214b, a super-Earth discovered only forty light-years away from us, orbiting a red dwarf star in the constellation of Ophiuchus. The good news: It's three parts water. The bad news: The beaches are too hot. More » -
#science
Scientists Coax Tiny Bacteria Into Operating Slightly Less Tiny Machinery
These 380-micrometer gears are being turned by hundreds of common bacteria swimming in a liquid solution. Scientists think this discovery could signpost a path to the development of "smart materials" that close the gap between man-made and organic matter. More » -
#weapons
This Is What a Drive-By Bombing Looks Like
Or rather, what it would look like: Lockheed Martin's Scorpion glide bombs, seen here floating toward their targets mesmerizing slow-mo from the bay of a high-speed ground sled, will drop from the skies, not the carpool lane. More » -
#blockquote
Know Your Place, Meat Creatures
Katherine Hayles, author of "How We Became Posthuman" goes bio, reminding us that machines aren't the ones in charge. The catch? Neither are we. [WaPo] -
#science
Watch Man Grow Snowflakes for the First Time
In the 1930s, researcher Ukichiro Nakaya set to be the first human to grow snow. He succeeded using a cloud-simulating chamber and a rabbit's hair. And his personal footage, seen here, captures eureka in[frosty]carnate. UPDATE: Video pulled. More » -
#animaltech
An Extremely Brief History of Octopus Gadgetry
Today, there is only the coconut. But by my calculations, octopods will invent smartphones in 2.6 million years, give or take. We will be dead, and they will be debating about desktop OSes and mobile app store economies. More » -
#nfl
3-D Broadcast Fails To Win Over Crowd At Actual 3-D Game
Yesterday, in a stupendous moment of technological flimflammery, the infamously large HDTV that hangs over the field at Cowboys Stadium broadcast stunning 3-D images to the crowd....of the live three-dimensional football game taking place directly below it. -
#space
NASA Launches New Infrared Telescope to Capture Hidden Space Objects
NASA just launched the new Wide-field Infrared Survey Explorer, or WISE, this morning. It'll be used to detect light- and heat-emitting objects that the Hubble might miss. Such as spaceships, I'll bet!!! More » -
#science
The Perfect Gift For the Physicist Who Thinks In Ten Dimensions
Holiday shopping can be tough. Holiday shopping for that special someone can be tougher—especially if that someone happens to be a theoretical physicist. Luckily, for the brainiac who has everything there's this beautiful Calabi-Yau Manifold crystal. More » -
#makerbot
MakerBot Industries Shows Us the Big Deal About 3D Printing
RADAR's got a great short documentary about our friends at MakerBot Industries (who were at the Gizmodo Gallery). Check out what they're doing, and why they believe we'll all have 3D printers on our desks someday. [RADAR, thanks Houseoftrim] More » -
#design
The Pen de Touch, for Driving Light Cycles
The Pen de Touch provides haptic feedback while interacting with virtual objects. It also looks like Jeff Bridges could streak across the interface any second. More » -
#quantumcomputing
Google Demonstrates Quantum Algorithm Promising Superfast Search
Quantum computing has long dangled the possibility of superfast, super-efficient processing, and now search giant Google has jumped on board that future. More » -
#internet
The Internet: Now Available at the Bottom of the Ocean
No, Google is not trying to corner the market on undersea searches. Actually, the "Neptune" internet network is designed to make it easier for researchers to communicate with robots and submarines. More » -
#science
Animations of X-rays of Mouths Talking Make Me Never Want to Talk Again
The human body is a majestic and unsettling thing, isn't it? Just look at these absolutely insane animations of mouths as they talk. They make me feel all... funny. More » -
#science
Giant Mysterious Spiral Takes Over the Skies of Norway
People are freaking out all over Norway because of what you are seeing here. According to Norwegian news outlets, the spooky giant spiral was seen, photographed, and recorded on video from all over the country. Updated. More » -
#imagecache
It Took The New York Times 49 Years to Believe Isaac Newton
It may have taken me ages to hear about this story, but it took The New York Times 49 years to issue a correction to an editorial dismissing space travel. I guess they'd finally opened up their high school textbooks. More » -
#bionic
World's First Bionic Finger Gives New Meaning to SuperPoke
Over 30 people are currently outfitted with ProDigits, bionic fingers that can actually grab and pick up objects in a way that previous prostheses couldn't. You've got to see these in action. More » -
#artificialintelligence
MIT Plans to Rebuild Artificial Intelligence from the Ground Up
After 50 years and countless dead ends, incremental progress, and modest breakthroughs, artificial intelligence researchers are asking for a do-over. More » -
#medicine
Bionic Lenses Aren't Just for Cataracts Anymore
As someone who's been nearsighted since I was a kid, I'm loving the new developments in intraocular lenses. There's a new procedure gaining popularity that could give me super vision, without the irreversibility of LASIK. More » -
#invisibility
Scientists Thwart the Invisibility Cloak (Again)
Invisibility cloaks don't even exist (unless you're Liu Bolin), yet scientists keep trying to ruin the fun. C'mon, guys. Wouldn't it be more enjoyable to figure out the awesome uses for one instead of trying to get us all caught? More » -
#lhc
Place Your Bets on the LHC
Particle colliding is the new dog racing. Stephen Hawking bet against the LHC discovering the Higgs-Boson, and now you can get in on the action too. More » -
#space
Death of the Biggest Star Ever Reads Like a Comic Book
This ain't your standard supernova. A while ago, astronomers noticed an exploding star that was about 50 to 100 times brighter than normal. Here's why: It was freakin' huge. More »
