It was near impossible to convict scammers of fraud because jurors had a hard time believing that people would willingly engage in self-mutilation.

While ABS may be the most well-known plastic used by LEGO, they actually use a wide variety of plastics. Here’s an example of all the kinds of plastic used by LEGO provided by BrickNerd guest contributor Ryan Howerter.

TW Lim on the unfinished nature of kitchen knives

Vertebral laminae are bony ridges or sheets that connect important morphological landmarks on the vertebrae, like diapophyses or zygapophyses. They usually exhibit some serial variation throughout the column. A consistent terminology facilitates the morphological ...

Inspired by the bacteria-killing structures seen on the wings of some insects, researchers have developed a drug-free way to kill off drug-resistant microbes that commonly cause hospital-acquired infections. Their technique is a novel and effective way of tackling the problem of antibiotic-resistant superbugs.

The average web page has nearly 1MB of images. That's a lot of data. More bytes on average than html...

Beavers love the warming Arctic, so they're re-landscaping it. Their dams change Alaska's lakes and rivers so much you can see it from space.

Are there really just a few basic types? We describe what they are, what they do, and how to tweak them for the best performance.

Ecologists and ranchers alike know that rivers and streams with healthy beaver populations support more biodiversity, are more drought resilient, and keep wa

When it comes to digesting its prey, the plant is a calculating killer.

Why does walking feel so intuitive when we’re in a city built before cars, yet as soon as we return home, walking feels like an unpleasant chore that immediately drives us into a car?

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Lawnmowers detest them

Information about the endangered Pacific Northwest Tree Octopus and what you can do to save it.

In eight new papers, the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational waves (NANOGrav) presents evidence for a gravitational wave background. In this bite, we provide an overview of their results and their implications

With the Outbreak of the WW2, Ships in the North Atlantic could no longer Report their Positions & Weather and the Atlantic became what is known in the Jargon as a “Data Sparse Area&#8221…

When Delta grounded her after securing a bogus bipolar diagnosis, Seattle-based pilot Karlene Petitt fought back. She resisted. And she won.

Urging aviation students at the summit to seek help if they need it is noble, but sounds hollow when the FAA regulations are built on stigma.

Brown and hazel eyes get their color from melanin, the same pigment that colors your skin. But blue eyes don’t have any blue pigment in them.

"Scar Tissues Make Relationships Wear Out" 04/26/2103. From a lecture by Professor John Ousterhout at Stanford, class CS142. This is my most touchy-feely thought for the weekend. Here’s the basic idea:

While playing Factorio the other day, I was struck by the many similarities with Apache Kafka.

Inexplicably bad property photographs. It's that simple.

Acerbis is celebrating its 50th anniversary with a unique achievement. The manufacturer has snatched its first Guinness World Record Record for the greatest distance ridden on a single tank of fuel by a gas-powered motorcycle. The total distance covered? An impressive 4,183.8 kilometers (2,599.7 miles) without refueling. To achieve this feat, the technical team at […]

My book is a memoir written around the denial of my medical certificate required to fly light aircraft for mental health reasons.

Writing is easy, just open your editor and bleed

Inspired by an email Steve Jobs wrote to himself

random musings from someone with a bachelors in neuroscience

Illustration: Steven Wilson The winter sun sets in mid-afternoon in Kolobrzeg, Poland, but the early twilight does not deter people from taking their regular outdoor promenade. Bundled up in parkas with fur-trimmed hoods, strolling hand in mittened hand along the edge of the Baltic Sea, off-season tourists from Germany stop openmouthed when they see a tall, […]