I mentioned last week that research from Texas Tech University had finally busted the myth that glass was a liquid. Only, that wasn’t what the research was about at all. As usual, the truth is much less… concrete*. If I may digress a moment, how many of you were actually taught in school that glass was [...]
Work hit me with a couple late nights in a row, so for a while I thought today’s comic wasn’t going to happen. I decided to split what could be a fairly long comic into more manageable parts. Hope you don’t mind. I’ll post the full thing when the series is done. Today we begin a journey [...]
Don’t worry about becoming a diamond, folks. Trust me. They’re not even all that great. Try sapphires. They’re so cool—
NOTE: You may have noticed that 1985 Nobel Peace Prize winner Kay Miller is the only medal recipient not portrayed here. For the life of me, I can’t find a photo of her. If anybody has one, or knows where I can find one, let me know! The internet was abuzz this week with news [...]
Some quickies for you before I head down to Science Online. Here are the links to the discoveries lampooned in today’s comics: New Endoscopy Technique. Look at that thing. YOU swallow it. Stiff Supergel that melts when it is cooled Enjoy! I’ll try to update with some conference doodles if I have time. Hope to [...]
Not breaking news by any means, but fascinating nonetheless. A while back I told you about some of the interesting properties of moon dust, one of which was the peculiar smell of it. Every now and then an article about outer space itself having a smell will appear, and in every one it has been [...]
Last week I went on my first real vacation since I joined the working world. It’s been a long time since I was last at the beach, and it particularly struck me when I stepped onto the sand and thought, “Whoa, this stuff is hard to walk on.” I don’t remember that being a thing [...]
A massive comic today. This was one of those things that started as a twitter joke and began expanding and expanding until it was 3AM and I had to say, “Alright, that’s enough of that.” So before you write to tell me which laser studies I missed (please do, actually, just in case), just know [...]
We had a pretty big weekend here at Sci-ənce. Friday’s comic took off across the tubes and managed to land at Bad Astronomy and MSNBC’s Cosmic Log. Major thanks to Phil, Alan, and all you wonderful folks who reshared on Google+! Thus, if you’re new to the blog, I extend a hearty welcome and I [...]
I always knew I wanted a kickass female sidekick for time traveler Vikram Quine, and it came down to spunky, nuclear physicist Lise Meitner or steampunk goddess Ada Lovelace. Oh I know, Ada would be amazing (think of all the gears!). Don’t worry, I’ll work her in there somewhere. What sealed the deal was that [...]