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As cute as this is, silicon and silicone are not the same thing. However, showing a submarine for Hafnium scores a bonus point (reactor control rods)
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Journosplaining 101 (a commentary on Ed Yong’s A Guide for Scientists on Giving Comments to Journalists) Read this as part Q in the never-ending series of scientists v journalists. I’m a scientist, so I see where Chad’s coming from. But a comment on Ed’s article first. There’s a reason you should take some of the [...]
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Starts With a Bang: The E-Cat is back, and people are still falling for it! Ethan critiques a “cold fusion” effort. I have a few comments. Look, let’s get a few things out into the open first. If there is a cold fusion device that actually works, that can harness the power of nuclear fusion [...]
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I ran across this story about Canadian counterfeiters, and I was interested because of the quote below, “Because the polymer series’ notes are so secure … there’s almost an overconfidence among retailers and the public in terms of when you sort of see the strip, the polymer looking materials, everybody says ‘oh, this one’s going [...]
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Teen’s invention could charge your phone in 20 seconds Waiting hours for a cellphone to charge may become a thing of the past, thanks to an 18-year-old high-school student’s invention. She won a $50,000 prize Friday at an international science fair for creating an energy storage device that can be fully juiced in 20 to [...]
