Untangling the Devil's Corkscrew

Published 5 years ago in Nature. Submitted by sux2bu

In the late 1800s, paleontologists in Nebraska found huge coils of hardened sand stuck deep in the earth. Local ranchers called them Devil's Corkscrews and scientists called them Daemonelix. It was clear these corkscrews were created by some form of life, but what?

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Octopus Intelligence Experiment Takes an Unexpected Turn

Published 4 years ago in Animals. Submitted by sux2bu

In this video, we provide our octopus with a twist top bottle that contains a delicious snack. The bottle has a small opening that allows him to get one of his arms through the hole in order to touch and taste the fish. However, due to the small size of the opening, the octopus is unable to pull the fish through.
The only way he can access his food is to unscrew the top of the bottle. He was able to find another way into the bottle that was not foreseen by his handlers.
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Timelapse: Johan Cruijff ArenA

Published 4 years ago in Other. Submitted by manro

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DIY Survival Salt Water Desalinator

Published 4 years ago in Awesome. Submitted by electronicsnmore

Check out this awesome homemade, compact, solar salt water desalinator that's light weight and can fit inside a backpack. Never be without fresh drinking water. You can easily turn water from the sea into pure drinking water, or make questionable fresh water from lakes, rivers, o…
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8 AMAZING SUGAR TRICKS & EXPERIMENTS from Mr. Hacker

Published 4 years ago in Science. Submitted by fjwjr

8 cool and fantastic tricks & chemistry experiments with sugar, potassium permanganate, starch, iodine, ashes, sulfuric acid ( h2so4 ) and other!

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