How Google Street View Could Help Stop Invasive Weeds (Cool Weird Awesome 1146)
A project out of the University of California - Davis uses images from a very well known navigation system to help slow the spread of invasive species.
Here’s A Tiny Particle That Spins Faster Than Anything That’s Ever Spun (Cool Weird Awesome 225)
Researchers at Purdue University have managed to spin a very tiny object at the ungodly rate of 300 billion revolutions per minute - and it's powered only by light.
The Mountain That’s Higher Than The Highest Mountain (Cool Weird Awesome 169)
This is Geography Awareness Week, and on our fascinating planet Mount Everest is the tallest mountain - but it's not actually the highest point on earth. That's actually Mount Chimborazo, in Ecuador. Plus: the community of New Baltimore, NY gets a spooky purple makeover thanks to Google Maps.