experiments
Fish Might Really Be Self-Aware, New Study Finds
A team on a quest to prove that a fish species can recognize itself in the mirror is back with a new study to prove their point.
Pigs Can Game, Scientists Discover
Four pigs were trained to use joysticks to play a simple video game, and some excelled, revealing the impressive intelligence of pigs.
Maybe the Internet Would Suck Less If It Was Really Slow
Slowww.ml, the 'very slow website,' takes your browser back to the 90s
Scientists Are Searching for a Mysterious Force to Explain the Universe’s Anomalies
Teams have looked for a "fifth force" in the universe within the Earth's mantle, ultra-vacuum chambers, and in hypothetical particles such as "X17." Finding it could help explain mysteries around dark matter and dark energy.
A Scientist Created ‘Gravity Crystals’ to Simulate Dead Stars on Earth
Physicist Alexander Bataller recreated exotic cosmic phenomena on Earth using household materials.
Watching AI Slowly Forget a Human Face Is Incredibly Creepy
This time lapse of a neural network with the neurons slowly switching off is a haunting experiment in machine learning.
Wasps Are Capable of Basic Logical Reasoning, Study Finds
Paper wasps are the first known insects to perform a key form of deductive logic called transitive inference.
NASA Scientists Created a Super-Hot Exoplanet Atmosphere on Earth
A team heated a cloud of gas up to 2,000°F and blasted it with radiation to see what happens on giant planets that orbit very close to their stars.
This Guy Is Sealing Himself in a DIY 'Biodome' to Raise Awareness of Climate Change
“Would be happy to make it a full 24 hours, but we'll see,” Kurtis Baute told Motherboard in an email.
Turns Out You Can Put Takis Flavor Crystals on Everything
I opened a bag of Takis to find a giant, magical lump of nitro seasoning awaiting me. Here's what I did with it.
I Tried to Eat Like an Italian Futurist and Learned that Fascism Isn't Delicious
One hundred years ago, an avant-garde group set out to transform meals into performance pieces. Were they any good?
Is It Possible to Get Drunk on $1 Applebee's Long Island Iced Teas?
I didn't think I'd actually get lit off the $1 L.I.T. I was wrong.