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Student At Kentucky School Filming Science Teacher, Caught More Than He Expected [VIDEO]

CJ — Wed, 22 May 2013 15:59:46 +0000

A student at Glasgow High School in Kentucky decided to roll video to point out that his teacher’s demonstration of the wonders of natural gas was leaving ugly black marks on the classroom’s ceiling. What he caught on his video cleared the school. Science Experiment Gone Wrong

Four Lafayette Parish Teams in Robotics Challenge on Saturday March 23, 2013

Debbie Ray — Thu, 21 Mar 2013 16:42:38 +0000

You probably know where your high school football team finished their season and which school has a baseball player that might be drafted, but do you know where the game inventors, web designers, astronauts, marketing experts and engineers who will shape our future are coming from?

The End Of The Passenger Jet As We Know It?

JayCee — Fri, 25 Jan 2013 16:11:26 +0000

Nasa has unveiled plans for a blended-wing body aircraft, possibly capable of cutting fuel consumption in half, that could be functional within 15 years. The blended-wing body (BWB), also referred to as a “flying wing” (the current body type of the B-2 Bomber) shows promise as the passenger aircraft of the future, according to NASA [...]

Brain Scientist Jill Bolte Has A Stroke, The One Video You MUST Watch [VIDEO]

CJ — Mon, 07 Jan 2013 18:11:15 +0000

Brain Scientist Dr. Jill Bolte suffered a stroke and has put her experience in a video that you must see. If there is only one video you watch this week or even this year, it has to be this one. My mother passed away from a stroke about a year and a half ago. To [...]

10 Food Myths You Probably Believe

Ruth Waxman — Sat, 03 Nov 2012 19:53:22 +0000

All too often we get carried away believing (or worse, repeating) everything we are told and don’t spend enough time questioning what’s actually been said. We’ve picked 10 very common health mantras you hear everyday and weeded out the worst of the lies, because we want you to eat all the avocados. All of them. 1. [...]

If You Missed Space Jump

JayCee — Mon, 15 Oct 2012 20:00:15 +0000

You can watch an edited version of the event (heavily edited) here. The video was produced by Austrian filmmaker Dis Isfake, and edited by Seaux Notreal. (Do you get it?? “Dis Isfake”? Sounds like “This is fake!!”… and “Seaux Notreal”?? “So not real!! HAHA!! I crack myself up… anyway….) I hope that this put a [...]

Check Out an Amazing Panoramic Photo of Mars

Jeremy Taylor — Fri, 10 Aug 2012 09:08:10 +0000

The internet has been having a lot of fun with the Mars Curiosity Rover landing. There were a whole bunch of memes. And, of course, there’s mohawk guy Bobak Ferdowsi, who’s successfully bridged the gap between geek and punk.

But the real fun is going to begin when we start to getting hold of more of the photos and videos Curiosity is going to beam back to earth.

Proof Women Are Smarter Than Men

CJ — Tue, 17 Jul 2012 02:54:06 +0000

After working with Debbie Ray for nearly 15 years on KTDY and knowing her even longer, being married, and having an 18 year old daughter I've always had proof women are smarter than men but for the first time in 100 years there is proof females are smarter than males.

Want To Improve Your SAT? Stop Listening To Lil' Wayne!

JayCee — Tue, 19 Jun 2012 20:30:50 +0000

According to the Digital Inspiration tech blog, the type of music you listen to can determine what your SAT score is going to be (at least that’s how I understand the article to read!). A guy by the name of Virgil Griffith keeps track of the correlation of musical tastes and SAT scores. According to [...]

Can The Shape/Style Of A Glass Affect Flavor Of Beverage?

JayCee — Thu, 26 Apr 2012 18:17:12 +0000

I read a scientific study a few years back that looked at how the vessel affected the flavor of a beverage.

I remember the first time that I drank milk from a coffee mug: the milk was right out of the refrigerator, the mug was room temperature (just like a glass would be), but the milk tasted different.

Are You an Apple or a Pear? Help Science and Make $1400!

Debbie Ray — Wed, 18 Apr 2012 19:52:11 +0000

Want to make $1400 and help science? Pennington Biomedical Research Center in Baton Rouge will conduct a new clinical trial to determine why women carry weight differently and how it may affect health. The Apple & Pear Study is open to females between the ages of 18-40 years old. The 7-month clinical trial will compare two [...]