Nicky Taylor spent almost $4,000 a year on beauty products and still felt disgusted with herself, so she did what anyone in her situation would do. Okay, maybe not. She went cold-turkey on beauty products for six weeks by not bathing, showering or brushing her teeth.
After the experiment she was told her teeth [...]

The night sky teaches you how to identify various constellations so the next time you look up into a starry night, you can identify them.

Here’s a free ebook from astrowhatsup.com that tells what you can see in the night sky without a telescope 365 days a year.
(via get rich slowly)

Pluto has gotten a planetary pink slip, and is no longer considered a planet.
It’s not all bad news though. School children can rejoice over having one less planet to remember on their science quiz.
The Wikipedia entry for pluto has already been updated with the change.
More coverage can be found in the Mercury News, San [...]

Here is Dimtry’s list of the top ten craziest science facts. I’m not sure they’re all true, but it’s interesting nonetheless.

Back in the fifties the US government was playing around with LSD. They conducted some tests on people under its influence, and here are some of the results.
Almost more than the pictures, I enjoyed reading about the subject’s behavior.