Periodic Table adds new elements

Welcome, Darmstadtium (Ds), Roentgenium (Rg), and Copernicium (Cn)—three new elements that joined the Periodic Table earlier this month. None exist in nature. In fact, they don't exist very long even in the laboratory. But there they are, nonetheless.
Periodic Table adds new elements

How to Make Your Computer Press a Key Every X Seconds

Have you ever needed to press a key every couple of seconds, or every few minutes? Perhaps you’re playing a video game and you’re waiting for an item, or you’ve got some other reason. Either way, here’s how to make your PC do it automatically.
How to Make Your Computer Press a Key Every X Seconds

Google Verbatim For Exact Search Results

When you search on Google you often get results that have nothing to do with your original search query. Take the search for Appel for instance. You probably would not expect sites about Apple in the search results. Google on the other hand thinks that is what the user is looking for and displays three Apple sites in the top five search results.
Google Verbatim For Exact Search Results

Why Is China Building Gigantic Structures In The Middle Of The Desert?

This is crazy. New photos have appeared in Google Maps showing unidentified titanic structures in the middle of the Chinese desert. The first one is an intricate network of what appears to be huge metallic stripes. Is this a military experiment?
Why Is China Building Gigantic Structures In The Middle Of The Desert?

The connections between "itch" and "ouch"

The biology of itching and the biology of pain are intertwined in interesting ways, writes graduate student and science blogger Aatish Bhatia. Understanding itching can help us better understand how to treat pain. I'd not seen Bhatia's blog before, but I'm really liking his style. He does a great job of breaking down the science in a clear way.
The connections between "itch" and "ouch"

Need To Enter A Valid Credit Card? Use These

Some websites or services let you sign up only if you enter a valid credit card. This can happen even if you have no intention of ever buying something from the service or website. Sometimes you may prefer not to enter your own credit card information on the Internet, and sometimes you do not have a valid credit card that is accepted in another country.
Need To Enter A Valid Credit Card? Use These

Worldwide Feast: 55 Great Global Food Blogs

These 55 blogs comprise Saveur's must-read list in the international food blogging community.
Worldwide Feast: 55 Great Global Food Blogs

Three Easy And Cheap Ways To Increase Your Home’s Security

You want to protect your home, and the people and things within it, but a paid-for alarm system is outside your budget. Don’t worry: there are several inexpensive ways to make your home less attractive to thieves.
Three Easy And Cheap Ways To Increase Your Home’s Security

11/11/11 Is “Nerd New Year” — Here’s How to Turn it Up to 11

Nerds and numerologists get ready: the last binary date of the 21st century is approaching.

11/11/11 Is “Nerd New Year” — Here’s How to Turn it Up to 11

New NASA Video Taken From Space Shows Deadly Asteroid’s Trajectory

How close did asteroid 2005 YU55 get to Earth? Not close enough to endanger our civilization, but close enough to take some fun videos. Like this short film of its trajectory recorded by NASA Swift’s satellite.
New NASA Video Taken From Space Shows Deadly Asteroid’s Trajectory

iOS 5.0.1: Battery Fixes, Aussie Voice Updates

Apple has rolled out the iOS 5.01 update, bringing with it the promised battery fixes, along with improved Australian voice support.
iOS 5.0.1: Battery Fixes, Aussie Voice Updates

Announcing the Wolfram Investment Calculator and Gaming Odds Reference Apps

We are happy to announce that we released two new entries into our line of Wolfram|Alpha-powered iOS apps: the Wolfram Investment Calculator Reference App and the Wolfram Gaming Odds Reference App. The Wolfram Investment Calculator Reference App was built specifically to help users get the most from their investments, and the Wolfram Gaming Odds Reference App provides the probabilities and odds of winning many popular card and lottery games.

Announcing the Wolfram Investment Calculator and Gaming Odds Reference Apps

Namerick Helps You Remember Names

iOS: Need a little help cementing your new acquaintance’s name in your brain so you won’t need to embarrass yourself next time you meet? iPhone application Namerick uses tried-and-true techniques to help you remember the name of a person you’ve just met, creating memory mnemonics, sending you followup reminders, and more.

Namerick Helps You Remember Names

How To Disable The Caps Lock Key Permanently

When I was working in IT I sometimes dealt with support requests that involved the caps lock key. Users were complaining that they could not enter their password, or that they locked their account even though they were sure that they had entered the right password, or that their username was displayed in upper case letters.

The caps lock key, next to num lock, was the culprit here most of the time. Most computer users do not need the caps lock key on the keyboard anymore. The following guide explains how you can disable the caps lock key permanently.

How To Disable The Caps Lock Key Permanently

Deaths, Australia, 2010

Presents statistics on deaths and mortality for Australia, states and territories, and sub-state regions. Information on characteristics of the deceased include place of usual residence, age at death, sex, Indigenous status and country of birth. Information is also provided on infant deaths, life expectancy and death rates.
Deaths, Australia, 2010

How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There

When you add a drive to your PC, by default it gets a drive letter, whether it is a removable drive or even a fixed hard drive inside of your PC. Lets take a look at how we can hide these drives.
How to Hide a Drive in Windows So that No One Will Know it’s There

How To Enable The Secret Panorama Mode In The iPhone’s Camera

The iPhone camera has a secret easter egg: a panorama mode. This special mode, which Apple has not enabled for consumers yet, will allow you to capture large panoramic scene using multiple photos. This is how to enable it.
How To Enable The Secret Panorama Mode In The iPhone’s Camera

What happens when you flush a toilet in the world's tallest building

The Burj Khalifa is the tallest building in the world. It's located in Dubai, a city with a lot of other skyscrapers. What Dubai doesn't have: A central sewage infrastructure that can accommodate the needs of a bunch of skyscrapers.
What happens when you flush a toilet in the world's tallest building

Ask physicist Brian Greene anything

Last week, physicist Brian Greene answered a lot of questions—including a few submitted by BoingBoing readers!—at a live event in New York City. If you missed it, you can watch a recording of the event online now.

But wait, there's more! Dr. Greene only had an hour to talk, and a metric crap ton of very good questions—including, again, some from BoingBoing readers—went unanswered. That's why I'm pleased to announce that the World Science Festival has added a new column to their website, called Ask Brian Greene Anything. For the next month, he'll be sifting through leftover questions from the live event as well as new submissions to answer a physics question every day.

Ask physicist Brian Greene anything

20 of the Best Stupid Geek Tricks to Impress Your Friends

Have you ever surprised and impressed a non-geek friend when you were doing something on your computer that you thought was simple? If so, you performed a Stupid Geek Trick. These are simple, sometimes not very useful, computer tasks.

Whether you’re the geek performing the Stupid Geek Trick and you want to learn more geeky tricks, or you’re the non-geek friend wishing you could do what your geeky friend did, here is a collection of some of the best of our Stupid Geek Tricks.

20 of the Best Stupid Geek Tricks to Impress Your Friends