mexican fisher
- The Environment
Happy Earth Day! Videos, a Gallery, and Our Biggest Giveaway Yet
Earth Day is a big deal here at PopSci. It's a time for admiring our incredible planet, and for giving back-- to the Earth, and to our readers (that means you). We've teamed up with the BBC to bring you a gallery of stunning images from the popular Planet Earth series, video clips (so you can appreciate the full affect), and our most extravagant giveaway yet.
4.23.2009 at 06:56am - Comment by mexican fisheri think the lesson here is if you want people to read an article you just need to put giveaway in the title and by the way, sign me up!
- DIY
PopSci.com 5-Minute Project Video: Cereal Box Spectrometer
Satisfy your scientific curiosity and your craving for some Frosted Flakes. Editor Mike Haney shows you how to use an old cereal box and a CD to build a device that reveals the hidden rainbow inside any light source. Find more examples of DIY spectrometers over at Wikipedia.
1.30.2009 at 12:16pm - Comment by mexican fisherso the music is by baarbarian? interesting
- DIY
Titanium in a Pot
12.17.2008 at 05:43pm - Comment by mexican fisherTaylor where is my video?
- DIY
Making Glass in a Grill [With Video!]
All the components of glass can be found in two places: the beach and the laundry room. It’s possible to melt pure white-silica beach sand into glass, but only at temperatures of 3,000 to 3,500°F. Washing soda, lime or borax (a traditional laundry aid) added to the sand disrupts the quartz-crystal structure of silica and reduces the required temperature to a more practical, though still dangerous, 2,000°F, which I achieved with a backyard grill and a vacuum cleaner.
11.13.2008 at 09:52pm - Comment by mexican fisherthat is crazy awesome would a blower work to give the fire oxygen? i really wish i could do it, it would be so cool!
-
Speedo LZR
At the Beijing Olympic pool, perhaps the only star bigger than Michael Phelps was his swimsuit. The Speedo LZR (pronounced “laser”), like Phelps, didn’t disappoint: 16 of the 32 gold-medal winners wore the full-body suit, and another 13 wore LZR pants. The suit was so effective, in fact, that some swimmers claimed it was illegally buoyant. Polyurethane planks replace woven fabric at key locations such as the upper legs, lowering drag by 24 percent over previous versions.
11.10.2008 at 12:54pm - Comment by mexican fisherI am a swimmer in a high school and i want one soooo bad. I just bought a car so I do not have $550 to spend on a swim suit but i really want to buy the LZR pants or the LZR Racer Jammer for only $290.00 it would be so cool if i could just swim in one once.
Download Our iPhone App
Stay up to date on the latest news of the future of science and technology from your iPhone with full articles, images and offline viewing
Follow Us On Twitter
Featuring every article from the magazine and website, plus links from around the Web. Also see our PopSci DIY feed
Become a Fan On Facebook
Share links with friends, comment on stories and more
December 2009: Best of What's New
In our December issue, Popular Science names the 100 best innovations of the year: bombproof wallpaper, self-parking cars, the fastest helicopter, and 97 more. Plus inventor profiles and videos.
Check out the best of what's new here.
Popular Science Photo Pool
Popular on Popsci
Most Viewed
- IBM's Blue Gene Supercomputer Models a Cat's Entire Brain
- Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020
- Mesmerizing, Isn't It?
- Batteryless Remote Control Pulls Power from Your Button Presses
- New Reactor Uses Sunlight to Turn Water and Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
- High-Pressure Diamond Anvil Creates a New Solid from Xenon and Hydrogen
- Gull-Wing Firefighting ATV Could Operate in the Middle of Inferno
- The Dubai Airshow As Seen From Orbit
- At the International Robot Exhibition in Japan, Robots For Your Every Need
- So Do Prosthetic Limbs Give Sprinters an Advantage Or Not?
Most Commented
- This Week in the Future, November 16-20, 2009
- This Week in the Future, November 23-26, 2009: Thanksgiving Special
- Intel Wants Brain Implants in Its Customers' Heads by 2020
- IBM's Blue Gene Supercomputer Models a Cat's Entire Brain
- New Reactor Uses Sunlight to Turn Water and Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
- Sighted: A Secret US Aircraft in Afghanistan
- CERN Successfully Brings Large Hadron Collider Back Online
- Smart Armor Knows Its Own Strength, As Well As The Enemy's
- At the International Robot Exhibition in Japan, Robots For Your Every Need
- NASA Robotic Rocket Plane To Survey Martian Surface
Most Emailed
- New Reactor Uses Sunlight to Turn Water and Carbon Dioxide Into Fuel
- Sighted: A Secret US Aircraft in Afghanistan
- Danish Island Becomes One of the First Energy-Self-Sufficient Places On Earth
- Astronauts Want a Next-Gen Ride 10 Times Safer Than the Shuttle
- Dutch Scientists Grow First Pork Meat In Lab
- Something in the Water Is Feminizing Male Fish. Are We Next?
- Tech Buyer's Guide: Netbooks
- A.I. Anchors Replace Human Reporters In Newsroom of the Future
- New York State Wants to Put Emergency Alerts in Your Online Games
- World's First Osmotic Power Plant Goes Live in Norway
Today on PopSci.com
Copyright © 2009 Popular Science
A Bonnier Corporation Company. All rights reserved. Reproduction in whole or in part without permission is prohibited.
