Monthly Archive: August 2017

Lego UCS Millennium Falcon

In honor of The Last Jedi (on the eve of Force Friday), LEGO announced its latest iteration of Han’s Corellian freighter. And, for LEGO Master Builders and aspiring Jedi alike, it’s breathtaking. This certainly isn’t LEGO’s first foray into Star Wars sets,...

The story of Porsche: from WW2 to the 911

Porsche is a German automobile manufacturer specializing in high-performance sports cars, SUVs and sedans. Porsche is headquartered in Stuttgart, and is owned by Volkswagen, which is itself majority-owned by Porsche Automobil Holding. While Porsche...

Why black holes could delete the Universe

A black hole is a region in space where the pulling force of gravity is so strong that light is not able to escape. The strong gravity occurs because matter has been pressed into...

The history of tea

Tea is the second most consumed beverage in the world after water –– and from sugary Turkish Rize tea to salty Tibetan butter tea, there are almost as many ways of preparing the beverage...

GAS live at Summer Bummer Festival 2017

In the middle of the 1990s, Wolfgang Voigt, better known under a great many pseudonyms such as MIKE INK, STUDIO1 or GRUNGERMAN, and the driving force behind the rise of Cologne Minimal Techno, had...

4-minute course Japanese Rube Goldberg machine

Japanese have made an impressive Rube Goldberg machine with a 4-minute course. The beads move in a chain reaction divided into several more complex steps, including the one with a whiteboard that turns to...

Whole grains: good for the gut

Whole grains provide a host of potential benefits, from reduced risk of diabetes and heart disease to improved digestive health and appetite control. Now two clinical trials from Tufts University, published recently in the American...

A look inside one of the world’s biggest Bitcoin mines

Bitcoin’s record rally is proving a boon for China, a country that is at the heart of the crypto-currency economy. It hosts some of the biggest exchanges and dominates the mining of new bitcoins....