I've always thought that it is a shame that we waste our precious fossil fuels on driving because we have other methods of moving aroun...

This one is a bit of a head scratcher. Watch this video .  You can stop it wherever you like and count the squares however you like.  Sti...

In this little interview , Bill Nye tells us why it is so important that we are curious and how wondering where we came from helps make ...

I think this is one of those nagging questions that has plagued mankind for eons.  Why do your fingers turn to prunes if you sit in a ba...

When I moved away from Boulder, Colorado some years ago, I learned about Chief Niwot's curse  (he was a native American leader in ...

Smarter Every Day has given us plenty of cool and entertaining video lessons in physics and stuff.  I think my favorite was the one about...

Richmondsfblog  is reporting that someone has mysteriously crafted a rather lovely mouse door and placed it on a tree in Golden Gate par...

Did you know that Ivory soap floats when it is put in water?  Apparently that is because it is filled with little air bubbles.  I suppos...

Our friends at  SparkFun (a great place to get Maker supplies of all sorts) bought an RV and are traveling around the country spreading ...

The new big America's Cup boats fly through the water.  As they get up to speed, they lift themselves up until they are zipping throu...