Category Archives: Science

114 Times Larger than our Sun

I posted this back in 2007, but it’s probably time for a refresher. Think our Sun is large?  Well, scientists recently discovered a star approximately 114 times larger than our Sun.  Watch the video below to put things in perspective…
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Coke doesn’t do a body good

[source:Engadget]
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New excuse for less foreplay?

New Scientist recently reported on a study conducted to test the time it takes for men and women to become sexually aroused.  The study was interesting because "women may have a reputation for demanding lengthy foreplay;" however, Canadian researchers, using thermal imaging to measure increased blood flow, concluded men and women reach arousal at approximately [...]
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Scientists achieve advanced quantum teleportation

Scientific American recently reported on a team of Dutch scientists (Copenhagen University) who teleported quantum information over a distance of half a meter (1.6 feet). While this remarkable achievement isn’t quite the teleporter we’ve seen on Star Trek; it is a major breakthrough in quantum teleportation. This isn’t the first time scientist teleported information, but [...]
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