
Half-Life Coins
A radioactive science project from Science Buddies

Half-Life Coins
A radioactive science project from Science Buddies

Avoid Being Hacked: Lessons from Recent Data Breaches
This week I’m going to cover some of the high profile hacks that have happened recently, including Lastpass, Kaspersky and the White House’s Office of Personnel Management (OPM). My hope is that by learning more, you can avoid being hacked, stay more secure and know what to do if you have been hacked


Trying to follow my own advice
Spilling my guts and examining my recent anxieties.

People Pick Familiar Foods Over Favorites
A study found that the stronger a subject's memory of a particular food, the more likely they were to choose it again, even over foods they professed to enjoy more

2015 Will Be Hottest Year on Record--Until Next Year
Inaction on climate 'could see rise of 6 degrees Celsius'

Women Candidates Face Implicit Bias Hurdle
Volunteers taking an "implicit bias" test who were unlikely to associate images of women with leadership titles like executive or president were far less likely to vote for a woman in a race against a man of equal qualification

Gut Bacteria Signal Your Brain When They're Full
Twenty minutes into a meal, E. coli pump out appetite-suppressing proteins, which could influence our feeling of hunger. Christopher Intagliata reports

Scientists versus #Cucumbers--No Lab is Safe
First, cucumbers terrorized your pet cats. Now they are wreaking havoc in the lab.
Parody

Ears: Do Their Design, Size and Shape Matter?
An “eary” project from Science Buddies

Urban Food Foraging Looks Fruitful
Fruits growing wild in urban areas were found to be healthful and to contain lower levels of lead than what's considered safe in drinking water

The Clean-Energy Revolution Gathers Speed
Less polluting energy sources are proliferating in the U.S. If other nations join in, the results could have global impact

Build a Paper Rocket
Learn about the physics of flight with this soaring science activity