Four people, ranging in ages from 19 to 25, were arrested in Cleveland for pointing a $500 green laser pointer at two planes and two choppers at the Cleveland Hopkins International Airport.
The laser temporarily blinded at least one of the pilots, and created disorienting patterns while bouncing around between the windows and control panels.
The youths […]
Snopes.com is a great place to visit for anyone with a reasonable amount of curiosity about strange hoaxes, weird myths and the odd piece of junk science.
This being a weird science blog, the idea isn’t to help spread junk science, but to demonstrate how genuine science can be used to debunk the dubious stuff.
Today’s busted […]
German scientists are working to develop autonomous, robotic firefighters that in the future could put Smokey the Bear out of a job. I’ve never wanted to see a forest fire in person before, but a chance to see these bad boys in action just might make me chance my mind!
The beetle-shaped, six-legged robots go by […]