• DIY

    Contest: Guess This Obscure Tool, Win More Tools

    By Vin Marshall Posted on 11.16.2009 34 Comments

    We’ve created a new challenge for you here on PopSci.com, whereby you can show off your obscure knowledge of tools and, well, win new tools! Here's how it works: We'll post a picture of an object, maybe a clue or two, and you guess what it is in the comments section below. The first among you to guess correctly will win the prize. This week, it’s a 20 ounce Stanley FatMax hammer. Pretty sweet.

    10.26.2009 at 04:42pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    I'll say is lether press machine or a letters Press of some type..

  • Technology

    Three Extreme High-Speed Rail Concepts for Las Vegas

    By Jeremy Hsu Posted on 10.23.2009 8 Comments

    Slot machine junkies and poker sharks could soon ride one of three futuristic high speed trains from Los Angeles to casino mecca Las Vegas. But that's assuming developers get on board with a tubular rail, a maglev transporter for cars, or an air-cushioned train.

    10.24.2009 at 10:07pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    That O-ring tec looks really cool! :)

  • Science

    This Week in the Future, October 19-23, 2009

    By Posted on 10.24.2009 23 Comments

    China engineers the world's smartest rat? The mayor of Moscow wants to control the weather? Skiing robots?. What a week. See the stories, and win the shirt!

    10.24.2009 at 09:58pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    I too wonder how well fuel cells perform in cold weather! That would be a good story! - Kris Johnson

  • Science

    This Week in the Future, October 19-23, 2009

    By Posted on 10.24.2009 23 Comments

    China engineers the world's smartest rat? The mayor of Moscow wants to control the weather? Skiing robots?. What a week. See the stories, and win the shirt!

    10.24.2009 at 01:37pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    One of the ways popsci is better than gizmoto! Popsci has free T-shirts! And great storys like the "Worlds smartest rat" - Kris Johnson http://www.popsci.com/science/article/2009-10/scientists-create-worlds-smartest-rat

  • Science

    For the First Time, Scientists Photograph Memories Being Formed

    By Dan Smith Posted on 6.26.2009 4 Comments

    Scientists have achieved a new milestone in brain imaging: we have seen a memory in the process of being formed. Using brain cells from a lowly sea slug, which actually makes a good model for our brains, images were captured of proteins forming between the neurons. These proteins distinguish the memory as a long-term one rather than short-term, as the proteins solidify the memory in the neurons. This process had been suspected but not visualized until now.

    6.27.2009 at 07:37pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    LOL!

  • DIY

    Quantum Physics in a Glass

    By Posted on 7.25.2008 11 Comments

    Before the discovery in the 1920s of quantum mechanics—laws that explain the way the world works on the very small scale of atoms and electrons—the fact that bleach and peroxide glow when mixed would have seemed like just another chemical reaction that gives off light, like fire or fireflies. But it’s actually a glimpse into the impossible.

    7.24.2008 at 07:38pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    Ha..first comment ooh and the Glowing Glass thing is cool too.

  • Gadgets

    A Cellphone or a HandHeld Gaming System?

    By Posted on 6.9.2008 3 Comments

    One of the bigger announcements at the Steve Job's keynote presentation today was the new App Store—a native application on the iPhone that will allow users to purchase, download and install third-party software for their phones. It's the only place iPhone owners can get the software, and most of the keynote today was dedicated to highlighting programs already created using the software developers kit.

    7.24.2008 at 07:34pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    Both...it is now $200 and faster than ever.

  • Technology

    Martian Soil Is Alkaline

    By Posted on 6.30.2008 9 Comments

    Now that the glitches caused by the Martian soil's clumpy consistency have been shaken out, the Phoenix Lander has been able to cook up a few samples to test the soil composition. The preliminary results are surprising even to the chemists at work on the project: the soil is alkaline, and much more so than anyone expected. The analysis has found trace amounts of magnesium, sodium, potassium, and other elements similar to those in the soil on Earth. On first pass, Martian dirt appears to be non-toxic and laden with the basic nutrients necessary to support life.

    7.24.2008 at 07:29pm - Comment by darkwolf361

    Keep It Simple Stupid.



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