Physics
Light Gets Stored as Sound for the First Time Ever
Australian researchers just brought the world several steps closer to light-based computers. The team needed to slow down the speed of light just long enough to transfer data.
Chemistry
Researchers Can Now Make Alcohol Out of Air
Researchers from Delft University have discovered a way to use electric currents to transform atmospheric carbon into other carbon structures. This includes ethanol, a vital part of drinking alcohol.
Biology
This Biologist Shocked Himself With An Electric Eel For Science
Kenneth Catania from Vanderbilt University filmed himself being shocked by a small electric eel to determine what it would feel like.
Space
Elon Musk Just Shared This Explosive SpaceX Blooper Reel And It's Incredible
"Look, that's not an 'explosion,' it's just a rapid unscheduled disassembly."
Energy & Environment
Satellite Images Show Caribbean Islands Turned Brown by Hurricane Irma
NASA released haunting images from space offering a side-by-side comparison of the landscape both before and after Hurricane Irma.
