It’s been real, Knovelists. We’ve had a blast hosting the 2011 University Challenge and it looks like you guys have been enjoying yourselves too, as more than 5,500 students from over 500 universities have logged on to test their knowledge and compete for prizes! But as all good things come to an end, tomorrow is the FINAL DAY engineering students can take the challenge.  So if you haven’t already, log…

Last Saturday, while most of us where still in a Turkey coma, NASA’s Curiosity rover blasted off from Cape Canaveral, Fl. Its mission: to touch down on Mars’ Gale Crater, which could have once been a veritable “fertile crescent” for Martian Life. Sounds like a familiar story, doesn’t it? We’ve seen NASA’s Sojourner, the Spirit, and the Opportunity– all marvelous advancements, though they yielded little evidence that life ever existed…

Good Morning, Knovelists! I hope you enjoyed your Thanksgiving Holiday (I know I did!).  But the world of science didn’t stop just because we were at home devouring a delicious family feast. To get yourself up to speed, here’s Last Week’s 5 Strangest Links: 5. Soup, With a Side of Chemical BPA? Why your Progresso is more potent than you think. 4. Werewolf Birds.  No, this isn’t a Twilight plug…

I want to talk about an extremely dangerous practice that has come into fashion –one that afflicts Americans of all ages, race, creed, and color. What is this deadly scourge, you ask? Black Friday. Synonymous with Black Friday are huge discounts for whom the toy and gift industry claims are the lucky and few people who visit stores early. In truth, these shoppers not only risk their own lives but…

Good morning, Knovelists! Before you jet out for the Thanksgiving Holiday, don’t forget your weekly dose of #weirdscience. The good, the bad & the ugly from your own science and engineering community. Here’s Last Week’s 5 Strangest Links. 5. Earth’s Rapid Extinction. . .252 Mill Years Ago.   This study suggests Earth underwent mass extinction several time throughout it’s history. 4.  World’s Lightest Material Developed! This easy-breezy fabric is 100 times…