While there are many illegal drugs much worse than marijuana or alcohol, what many don’t realize is just how many drugs are perfectly legal and obtainable over the counter, that are far stronger and more dangerous than the illegal ones. 10. Diethyl Ether Diethyl Ether, more commonly just called Ether, is mainly used medically, as [...]

Aside from a few minor successes here and there, cloning still evokes thoughts of pure science fiction, from Arnold Schwarzenegger to Star Wars. However, with each passing day, cloning is starting to become closer and closer to a legitimate scientific accomplishment. That fact got us to wondering what the most legitimate targets for cloning would be. What previously [...]

Since man first stuck his hand in fire and proclaimed “Ugh! Uaahh!” we’ve had an unhealthy obsession with tinkering with anything we can get our hands on. More often than not, these things end poorly, like super-heated water exploding in the microwave but, every now and then, we figure out something really awesome to do. And you’d be surprised [...]

An anomaly is defined as a departure from the common order, something that is peculiar, irregular, abnormal, or difficult to classify.  In human biology, an anomaly is anything that is genetically different or unexplained about people.  A large number of scientists have devoted their life to understanding the differences between human populations.  One of these [...]

They are unavoidable. They are persistent. They are simply undesired. Yet, they are part of our own body system – our various body secretions. From the saliva of our mouths to the sweat on our skin, we have been aware of these secretions occurring constantly our whole lives.  Amazingly, as gross as it may sound, [...]

2012 was a whirlwind year. We reelected Obama, Apple finally made the iPod Touch XL, and aliens didn’t kill us all (note to editor: this was written before December. If aliens invade, fix accordingly). But also we were shown a number of awesome new technologies and scientific breakthroughs. Among them were: 10. Gloves that Translate [...]

With 2012 all but over, we thought it would be a neat bit of instant nostalgia to go ever-so-slightly back in time, and re-visit important discoveries and inventions from 2011. Scientific achievements of 2012 shall be covered next week. Narrowing the top ten discoveries of 2011 is difficult, especially since significant scientific discoveries are being [...]

When talking about food of the future, soylent green (the foodstuffs made out of people from the classic Sci-Fi movie of the same name) and grasshoppers leap to mind.  Well, I don’t think most of today’s (or tomorrow’s) consumers are too interested in snacking on the remains of their neighbors.  Nevertheless, the idea of what [...]

Celebrating TopTenz.net’s 1,000th list, coming up on August 3, 2012, here is our 4th list this week about the number 1,000. “What will the world will be like in 1,000 years” seems like an absurd question to even ask, especially since the degree to which the world changes in 100 years is overly ambitious enough [...]

Celebrating TopTenz.net’s 1,000th list coming up on August 3, 2012, here is our 2nd list this week about the number 1,000. In 1974, Gene Wilder, playing Dr. Frederick Frankenstein, screamed in an annoyed tone at a young medical student, “Hearts and kidneys are tinker toys!  I’m talking about the central nervous system!”  As long as [...]