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Are antiperspirant deodorants really bad for you?
Antiperspirants work by forming a gel with the moisture in your armpits that blocks sweat glands from releasing more sweat. The active ingredients are usually aluminum salts.There's something that...
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14 of your most embarrassing questions about wine — answered with science
We've all been there.You're in a liquor or grocery store, trying to pick out wine with a group of friends, when, inevitably, some unexpected member offers up their expert opinion. Truth be told,...
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There's a simple way to make veggies taste much better
Here's a tip: Salt your vegetables.This simple trick to make veggies taste better isn't exactly groundbreaking, but the science behind why it works is interesting.Salting makes them taste delicious by...
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Why wine bottles are sealed with cork — and why that may not be the best...
While browsing for wines, your instinct may be to reach for the bottles that require a corkscrew rather than those with a screw cap.But which is actually better: bottles under cork, or bottles under...
View ArticleAdam Savage reveals why he and 'MythBusters' cohost Jamie Hyneman won't be...
Adam Savage and Jamie Hyneman spent 14 seasons as cohosts of Discovery Channel's wildly popular "MythBusters." But it turns out that their on-screen chemistry was caused by a lot of off-screen...
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A new material is so black scientists can't even measure it
British company Surrey NanoSystems has outdone itself.Researchers there made the blackest material ever back in 2014, called Vantablack, and now they've made a material that's even blacker.In a YouTube...
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Here's what happens when you shine a laser on the blackest material ever made
This new material is so black, scientists can't even measure it. In fact, it barely reflects any light at all.This is a highly unusual property for most substances. Normally, when you shine a laser on...
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14 science-backed answers to your biggest questions about wine
Going to any social gathering involving alcohol inevitably clues you in to who is the sommelier and who is the amateur.And if the latter happens to fit your description, have no fear. Here's a handy...
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Here's why there is a weird plastic ball in your can of Guinness
It's St. Patrick's Day, which means hordes of green-clad booze hounds will be flocking to neighborhood bars and house parties to pound some cold ones.And what beer is more quintessentially "Irish" than...
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A simple way to tell if you're drinking beer from a dirty glass
If you're joining in on the St. Patrick's Day celebrations today, chances are you'll be throwing back a few cold ones at a bar.And if you're a beer snob like me, you'll probably want to be sure that...
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Lasers can make your beer taste better — here's how
If you're hopping from bar to bar this St. Patrick's Day, make sure to pay extra special attention to your glass.Commercial brewers put a ton of time and research into ensuring their canned and bottled...
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These images of the world's tiniest honeycomb scaffolding are incredible
This teeny-tiny lattice is smaller than a water droplet, but it's unbelievably strong.Researchers from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology made the honeycombs out of carbon, which they claim are the...
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When you pour hot molten table salt into water something crazy happens
If you get table salt hot enough — say, 1,474 degrees Fahrenheit — it actually becomes a liquid.And if you pour this molten salt into water, it creates a pretty impressive explosion.The Backyard...
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The homemade explosive used by Brussels suicide bombers is a chemical nightmare
While the world mourns those who died in the March 2016 attacks in Brussels, police are hard at work piecing together the terrorists' plot.One thing Brussels authorities seem to have figured out,...
View ArticleThis science teacher lit a student's hand on fire for an awesome class...
This insane video of a teacher using methane bubbles to light a fireball in a student's hand might just make you want to go back and sit through a high school science class again.First, the student...
View ArticleThe easiest way to tell if your batteries are dead
Sometimes you need to find a working battery in your junk drawer amongst a sea of dead ones. If you're in a rush and don't have time to find a battery meter, here's how you can quickly see which...
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Here's why your bottled water might contain strange ingredients
Have you read the ingredients list on your bottled water lately?If not, you might be surprised to see things like sodium chloride, calcium chloride, magnesium chloride, sodium bicarbonate, potassium...
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The world's blackest material makes NASA's ultra-black paint look like it’s...
The paint used on the Hubble telescope is one of the blackest materials in space. It's there to reduce stray light so the instrument can photograph the best possible images of our solar system and...
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Scientists created a self-healing material that could be used in artificial...
A Stanford chemical engineering group lead by visionary scientist Zhenan Bao has developed a material that could be useful for robotic and prosthetic artificial limbs.As detailed in the journal "Nature...
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Lightning storms make it rain diamonds on Saturn and Jupiter
It sounds like a wacky fantasy, but scientists believe that it rains diamonds in the clouds of Saturn and Jupiter.Diamonds are made from highly compressed and heated carbon. Theoretically, if you took...
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