NASA’s Latest Engineering Challenge: How to Change a Light Bulb
NASA is changing all of the light bulbs on board the International Space Station to help famously insomniac astronauts sleep better. Astronaut insomnia is somewhat legendary at NASA, with astronauts popping sleep pills with regularity and averaging only six hours of sleep a night, far less than the eight and a half hours they’re technically…
Can Viagra Make You A Better Athlete?
The idea that Viagra helps out athletes has been around for years now, but is there a scientific consensus on it? Bears wide receiver Brandon Marshall caused a great engorgement in the wit of the sports commentariat when he admitted that he’s “heard (of) guys using like Viagra, seriously” to gain a competitive edge on…
Five of Physics’s Greatest Sex Scandals
Physicists need love, too. Just ask Paul Frampton, the physics professor who was sentenced recently after an alleged scam involving drugs and a bikini model. We know it can be hard to resist the temptation of bikini models on the Internet, but physicist Paul Frampton was duped pretty bad. The University of North Carolina professor…