Physicists at McMaster University in Ontario, Canada have used a focussed ion beam microscope to carve the university logo onto a single human hair.
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Floating on air
Less dense things will float in more dense things; like cork floating in water or helium floating in air.
In the video above an aluminium foil boat floats on sulphur hexafluoride (SF6), a very dense gas.
Cinder the naked chimp
Cinder is a chimp at the Saint Louis Zoo that suffers from alopecia areata, the same autoimmune disease that causes 1.7% of the population to lose its hair.
Waitomo glowworm cave
The Waitomo glowworm caves in New Zealand are well known for the displays of their famous inhabitants: Arachnocampa luminosa.
New Mars rover
The Mars rovers, Spirit and Opportunity have been fantastically successful. It’s hardly surprising then that NASA is already working on their replacement: the Mars Science Laboratory Rover.
