Glowing Orbs In The Netherlands Could Light The Way Toward Clean Water (Cool Weird Awesome 1219)
There’s a new way to find out whether fresh water is actually fresh and clean: a set of glowing orbs in the Netherlands called POND.
Legendary Physicists Albert Einstein and Leo Szilard Once Teamed Up To Design A Refrigerator (Cool Weird Awesome 1203)
For Alfred Einstein's birthday, the story of how he and fellow prominent physicist Leo Szilard co-designed a unique kind of refrigerator in the 1920s.
Here’s A Tiny Fish That Can Make Sounds As Loud As A Jet Engine (Cool Weird Awesome 1202)
Danionella cerebrum is a completely transparent fish that's only 10-12 millimeters long. And researchers have just figured out how it can produce sounds that reach 140 dB or higher.
Snowflake Bentley Showed The World Just How Amazing Snow Can Be (Cool Weird Awesome 1184)
Today in 1865, the birthday of Wilson "Snowflake" Bentley, who gave the world a close-up view of the beauty and variety in snowflakes.
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.
Groups Of Chimpanzees Spy On Each Other (Cool Weird Awesome 1131)
New research finds groups of chimpanzees spy on each other, carrying out recon missions to either avoid other groups or to try to encroach on their territory when it's safe to do so.
How “Hello” Became The English Language’s Way Of Saying Hello (Cool Weird Awesome 1130)
Today is World Hello Day, so we explain how and when English speakers started using the word "hello" to say hello.
Listening To A Symphony Can Actually Sync Up The Audiences’ Heart Rates (Cool Weird Awesome 1117)
When we say "music can bring us together," we usually mean it bridges divides and builds communities. But a new study finds that, biologically speaking, music really can bring people together.
“Mr. Tornado” Ted Fujita Was The Original Severe Weather Detective (Cool Weird Awesome 1114)
Today in 1920, the birthday of Ted Fujita, a pioneer in meteorology who was so revered by colleagues he became known as “Mr. Tornado.”
Scientists Flipped Coins 350,757 Times To See If The Results Were 50/50 (Cool Weird Awesome 1106)
Flip a standard coin and you’ve got a 50 percent chance of heads and a 50 percent chance of tails, right? Well, there’s new research out that says… maybe not quite.