Champagne Supernovas Are Real, Says Science

And all this time we thought Noel Gallagher was just tripping… A team of astronomers from CalTech, the University of Toronto and Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory observed a Type Ia supernova 4 billion light-years from Earth, which originated from a "white dwarf" star. The mass of this supernova exceeds all previously known examples by far. […]

Harvard Scientists Create First Cyborg Flesh

Well, here we go. A bioengineering team at Harvard University has created the world’s first hybrid of living cells and electronic components. Neurons, muscle cells, and blood vessels (taken from rats) were been spliced with nanowires and transistors that can monitor bioelectric impulses, and researchers predict subtle variations in the technology will let them control […]

Billy Crystal Talks Monsters University

Funnyman Billy Crystal made a reference to one of his Monsters University co-star John Goodman’s earliest and most popular films when discussing their upcoming Pixar prequel. Crystal told Entertainment Weekly that his and Goodman’s characters are just teenagers in the college-set pic. "[Mike and Sully] end up in the same fraternity where they have this […]