Posts in category Shocking Science + Tech

Between 187,000 and 128,000 years ago, a Neanderthal got stuck in a cave and died. Over time, his skeletal remains became one with the stalactites.

The 1:10 scale Toyota Mirai includes a hydrogen fuel cell power source, which it used to speed around a miniaturized village in England.

Archaeologists recently uncovered an immaculately preserved slave chamber in a Roman villa, a true window into the ancient world.

Based on the hamster’s choice of tunnels, specific cryptocurrencies get bought and sold.

What often gets forgotten is that Mary Shelley and her friends had spent that nightmare-filled night talking about the hot scientific horror of the time: galvanic reanimation.

The largest known Triceratops ever recovered, Big John’s skull alone spans 6 feet 7 inches wide and 8 feet 6 inches long.

The theory more than likely stemmed from the fact that many companies used to label their gum as “indigestible.” Which is technically true.

Sure, it’s probably just as easy — maybe even easier — to make the pizza yourself, but simplicity is far from why this father-son duo builds the things they do.

Have your kids ever dreamed up an invention or object that seemed far out of reach? Perhaps, a doorbell that shoots popcorn or a three-story bathtub? Now’s your chance to bring their ideas to life!

Remember when you sat through science class and learned about the basic states of matter: solid, liquid, and gas? Well, it turns out there’s way more, including the sci-fi–sounding “time crystals.”