The future is here, well almost here. These lasers are just too cool for words. Mounted on a truck or an aircraft they can track and “kill” with precision. Check out the vids. source: popsci.com

I’m seeing more and more of these vids pop up. At first I thought it was funny, and they do say that mockery is the sincerest form of flattery. I’m not so sure just what to think of this. On one end, it’s kinda’ cool. On the other end, blasphemy. Sagan, Attenborough, and Goodall, are [...]

Lets face it, if you find these jokes as funny as I do, then you are most definitely a geek. Here, science comedian Brian Malow jokes that a virus is “the ultimate David and Goliath” when compared with humans. He then rattles off a series of science-related jokes. “Schrodinger’s cat walks into a bar, and [...]

Mantis Shrimp were called “sea locusts” by ancient Assyrians, “prawn killers” in Australia and now sometimes referred to as “thumb splitters” by modern divers — because of the relative ease the creature has in mutilating small appendages — mantis shrimp sport powerful claws that they use to attack and kill prey by spearing, stunning or [...]

The BBC has reported that a vegetarian spider has been discovered in Central America and Mexico. The Bagheera kiplingi feeds mainly on the tips of the Acacia plant. The plant offers a rich nectar for a species of ant that live within, and protect, the plant. The Bagheera kiplingi has basically evolved to steal from [...]

I’m not quite sure what would cause evolution to produce a frog that preys on birds, but that is exactly what has happened. A fanged frog living in three remote forest areas in Thailand has been found. It preys on insects and other frogs. Recently biologists have found feathers in the frogs feces telling them [...]