This video shows a weird phenomenon where a chain literally jumps out of a container as it spills onto the ground.  The theory is that...

Vi Hart's latest video, Twelve Tones , requires a bit of work to watch.  Unlike her previous videos, this one is 30 minutes long an...

Our star, the Sun that we see everyday, still holds plenty of mystery to us.  On that has been quite perplexing has to do with the temper...

Ice Ice Baby! In anticipation of a warm summer, we've been telling you about some chilly summertime ideas .  This post is similar a...

Are you a teen (or do you know a teen, or do you occasionally feel like a teen) looking for something interesting to do this summer?  Y...

I thought I knew how to make an ice cream sandwich, but it turns out I was completely wrong.   This is the proper technique .  Clearly ...

3D printers are awesome, but do you know just how awesome?  Imagine a giant 3D printer, so larger it can print a house.  That's right...

This video is very impressive system developed by the folks at University of Tokyo.  It uses high speed video processing to track a ba...

Bubble rings , or dolphin rings or toroidal vortex rings, are cool circles of air that travel through the water sort of like smoke ring...

I saw Shelly headed over to Stanford last week Last week on my way home from work, I spotted VW/Stanford's latest self-driving Au...