Tag Archives: weird science

A team of psychologists at St. Lawrence University have discovered that chewing gum actually has measurable cognitive benefits. Chewing gum during certain activities has proven (in this study) to be very effective at boosting a person's mental performance.

Someday, your toilet could power your home. At least, that's if researchers are successful in their attempts to convert urine into biofuel.

Researchers at the University of Dallas have created an "invisibility cloak" with carbon nanotubes, by using the science behind a mirage.

When infected by a baculovirus, a gypsy moth caterpillar's brain is hijacked, causing it to climb. Once at the top of the tree, the virus liquefies the caterpillar, raining virus-ridden goo onto other caterpillars.