Tag: Star Wars

Styrofoam Sucks, so She Invented ‘Nanowood’ to Replace it

In order to save our planet, we’ve got to get creative and rethink many of the materials that we use on a daily basis. Styrofoam is one ubiquitous material adding to our landfill problem. Some cities have banned its usage, while others are pledging to do. Tian Li, a post-doc student at the University of Maryland, has taken the no styrofoam pledge one step further...

Recent Incidents Prove Arming Teachers Was Mind-Numbingly Stupid

In the wake of the Stoneman Douglas High School shooting on February 14th, 2018, teenaged students have become outspoken activists. Formally politically “neutral” companies such as Dick’s Sporting Goods and Walmart have taken sides, cutting ties with the NRA, as the gun control debate heats up. And in another case of twisted roles, will teachers be forced to become armed defenders of their classrooms?...
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The Force is Strong With This Japanese Airline’s ‘Star Wars’ Boeing 787

I'm thinking that Japan's All Nippon Airline had some inside knowledge about the drop of the new "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" trailer. The...

‘Happy’ Makes Its Way To A Far Off Galaxy With A ‘Star Wars’ Parody

A long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, Pharrell Williams brought the Force to the planet of Tatoonie with "Happy." Pharrell's monster...

Light Sabers No Longer Nerd Fiction, Harvard and MIT Just Made a Real One

We're all getting light sabers for Christmas! Okay, maybe that's a jump, but some folks at the Harvard-MIT Center for Ultracold Atoms created a...