I had never heard of the Leidenfrost effect   before, but I must say it is kind of cool (well hot actually).  It is basically this, when a ...

We are breaking the Internet.  I'm not talking about some technical problem that will cause the volume of data to keep us from being ab...

Back a 10+ years ago, I spent some time at Warner Brothers studios trying to convince them that they should convert to all digital.  The id...

This song is really geeky and quite epic.  Science and music in package that is destined to become a classic.  Very impressive.  As one of...

Lots of our readers enjoy Vi Hart and her amazing videos on the beauty of mathematics.  One particular favorite was the video on Fibonacci ...

If this is for real, it is very impressive.  It is from a presentation at the SIGGRAPH conference, so I presume it is real...  In the video ...

Last weekend we went to see the America's Cup.  It was a beautiful day, and it was amazing to watch the boats fly across the water....

This could ALMOST solve a recent problem we had here at Digital Diner. A fellow named John has built a magical little masterpiece.  It ...

Here's a little advice.  Hold on to your phone.  There has been some discussion at work recently about an app that encourages you t...

Perseid meteors over the ESO’s Paranal Observatory in Chile - Photo: S. Guisard Nature is putting on a show and you are invited.  Every ...