One creature’s poison is another one’s meat
NASA recently held a press conference announcing the first demonstration that organisms could use arsenic in place of phosphorus in their cells. Not surprisingly, science fiction got there first. Kirk told [Bones] about the tabekh sauce. Bones nodded at that and said, “Yes, I’ve heard of it. I don’t think you’d want to try it,…
The story of Einstein’s refrigerator
We tend to think of Albert Einstein has a highfalutin theoretical physics guru, but the physicist also worked on much more everyday tasks…like developing an energy-efficient refrigerator. Allow Jennifer Ouellette from Cocktail Party Physics to explain. Ah, innovation! What would we do without this driver of new technology and new consumer markets? Science is the…
Canada building rover to survive lunar “pot holes?”
Despite being outshined by its rowdy neighbor to the south, Canada has its own plans of conquering the lunar frontier. In an attempt to easily navigate upon the cratered surface of the Moon, a Canadian university is developing wheels for their upcoming rover that could enable to country to literally drive almost anywhere off world.…