Foldit is a 3D model game where players are restricted by rules of nature and challenged to virtually fold proteins. Although the rules are fairly simple, the strategy involved is not, but playing the game doesn’t require any scientific knowledge. This didn’t stop someone from coming up with the brilliant idea to put Foldit gamers to the test, and present…
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It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Real-life Crawler
It’s an “It’s not Halo” double feature! “Wildcat” is a robot developed by Boston Dynamics that can gallop, “bound”, and turn and drop on a dime. Seeming a cross between their LS3 and Cheetah models, it is uncannily alive-like, and seems to have a personality of it’s own. Watch it in action in the following video and see if it…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Supervolcanoes on Mars
Scientists are heated over whether or not anomalies on Mars’ surface are impact craters or supervolcanoes. Landmarks like Eden Patera, seen above in a heatmap image, contain features structurally similar to supervolcanoes that have been studied intimately on Earth and lack those common in impact craters. Watch the following video by Nature, learn about Mars’ dramatic past and decide for…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Screams from Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 left our solar system August of 2012, after 35 years of spaceflight. The first object in the history of mankind to be launched it’s distance, Voyager 1 has brought us the first ever in history recording of sounds from interstellar space. Although the recording is short, there is something at the core of my being that recognizes the…
Video Games Make You Smarter
In this video Tech Today expert Lizzie Bassett explains how research is showing that video games, specifically those that require problem solving and teamwork, increase intelligence and can even help you find a job. Of course, we already knew that. Video: Can video games make your kid smarter? That being said, you can lone-wolf it in Halo 4 and keep…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Peruvian Amazon Mystery
“What the heck is it, Eggar?!?” What you are looking at is only about two centimeters wide, and was created by a simple, unknown living organism. Study the complexity and uniform-ness of it’s creation. Scientists at this point are baffled by the find, and uncertain if it is an egg sac, the start to some sort of cocoon, or even…
It’s not Halo, but damn it’s cool! Sun’s flips poles soon
Did you know that about every eleven years the sun’s magnetic poles switch places? The sun actually has a cycle of waxing and waning activity, and on it’s way to solar maximum, or the part of it’s cycle where sunspot activity is at it’s peak, the north and south magnetic poles flip. In 2001 it was predicted that the next…