Here is an interesting video of How to suck an egg into a glass bottle. No magic but basic science.

The matches in the bottle burn up the oxygen. This creates a negative pressure environment, or vacuum. The egg is sucked through the neck of the glass bottle. This is just one of the [...]

NY Daily news report: A team of researchers Tuesday unveiled an almost perfectly intact fossil of a 47 million-year-old primate they say represents the long-sought missing link between humans and apes. Officially known as Darwinius masillae, the fossil of the lemur-like creature dubbed Ida shows it had opposable thumbs like humans and fingernails instead of [...]

We wrote a post on DNA mini portraits in December, now on similar lines, MyGeneImage is offering some unique gene art works.
Here is how it works, Request a Sample Collection Package from MyGeneImage by specifying the product, size, background and the gene you are interested in, after you receive the the package, collect [...]

C-curve is a mirror sculpture created by Turner Prize winning sculptor, Anish Kapoor. It has been installed on the South Downs for the Brighton Festival. The Brighton Festival is an annual arts festival which takes place in the city of Brighton and Hove in UK each May.
When visitors look at it from one side [...]

A sofa that floats on a magnetic field. The soft floating upper part is supported by the magnetic force generated by the bottom base. Awesome furniture concept called Cloud. Designed by D.K. Wei. [via]

The photo at left shows one of the cloned transgenic dogs named Ruppy, as seen under normal lighting conditions. The photo at right shows the dog under ultraviolet light, glowing red due to the influence of fluorescent genes. Both photos were released by Seoul National University.
South Korean scientists say they have engineered four beagles that [...]

Flexi-Pave is a flexible material made of recycled tire, aggregate rock and a proprietary binding agent. It is porous, non-cracking, slip-resistant and a superior impact absorption property (can withstand 30 ton vehicles). It also comes with different color options. Awesome! More pictures here.
Here’s a more specific list of ways in which Flexi Pave has [...]

Glow brick has a light bulb inside a solid acrylic brick. This works on the same concept as Glowstones, we posted earlier. The concept is called ‘photo luminescence’ or in other words, energy absorbed by a substance is released relatively slowly in the form of light.
Buy for UK £ 20

Jog your brain cells with some steaming hot water, and a giant six-foot tall periodic table shower curtain.
The Periodic Table Shower Curtain is 71 inches square, and made from EVA Vinyl (Ethylene vinyl acetate and Polyethylene, but you knew that), and is semi-transparent with the Periodic Table of Elements printed in large friendly letters and [...]