Dr. Megavolt is technically a scientist (he’s a physics PhD), but we prefer to think of him as a wizard.
Using a special metal suit, complete with birdcage helmet, Dr. Megavolt entertains crowds by drawing arcs of electricity to his body. Bicycling around a tesla coil, a device capable of sending out 200,000 watts, Megavolt proves that science can be fun, provided an eccentric academic is willing to take his own life into his hands.
The male anatomy is the focus of endless scientific fascination. A new study offers new answers about our mysterious, oddly dangling family jewels.
The notion that the scrotum helps keep the dangling duo cool is nothing new, but the study notes that this theory alone leaves many other questions unanswered. Like, why is our most valuable reproductive resource so goddamn vulnerable? Why is lefty so much bigger than righty? And, why aren’t our sacks adorned with colourful stripes and patterns?
For the answers to these questions, and more, gently uncover the mystery at Scientific American.
We’ve always said, If you want to learn about human relationships, go to a nightclub.
That’s exactly what researchers from the University of Leeds did, in an effort to answer that age old question: How much skin should girls show to attract a potential mate? Researchers found that women who dressed just a little bit slutty – but not too slutty – had the best results. The numbers, they say, are simple: Women who show about 40 percent of their skin optimize their chances of scoring. Those who veer into the 50s, or god bless ‘em, the 60s and 70s, may signal “general availability and future infidelity.” We say, rules were made to be broken.
As our cars continue to spew toxic emissions into the atmosphere, some forward thinking adventurers-cum-scientists are taking on an even more sophisticated mode of transportation: the airplane.
The Switzerland-based company Solar Impulse has developed a prototype for a jumbo jet-sized airplane powered exclusively by the sun. The aircraft took its first trip this week – rolling along the runway for a couple kilometres at five knots. The next step will be to double the speed, and then to get the plane into the air a few metres high, just to observe take off.
It will surely be years before something like this enters our daily lives, but the concept is promising. If all a plane needs is sun, couldn’t it theoretically stay in the sky forever?
This week’s Victoria’s Secret fashion show featured the world’s most beautiful women wearing futuristic-looking costumes, which basically seemed to be bras and panties with some shiny things attached to them.
Should sci-fi-inspired lingerie fit today’s science-themed yFive? It’s hard to say; you’ll have to examine the photos very carefully to know for sure.
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