The Science Salon

Last week Ars Technica chose the winners for their science video contest in December: http://arstechnica.com/science/news/2011/02/ars-annou...

My friend and I just submitted a video to the Ars Technica science video contest ! Anyone can submit a video with a science topic related to...

Finally I posted the next puzzle in the pirate's adventures on an exotic island. What will the pirate do when he meets the island native...

I've been doing a couple math puzzles here and there and thought I'd add a story to these puzzles because...why not? Everything is m...

“I’m going to cut down on the coffee,” resolves a coffee drinker who may have an addiction problem. Caffeine sometimes lends coffee a negat...

What is it about physicists? The other day I came across an xkcd comic that sums it all up. Have you heard that one horse racing joke? I...

Waves are everywhere! They come in many different mediums and on different scales: electromagnetic waves (radio waves, visible light, Xray...