Every night to me is Halloween Like an ancient scene You know just what I mean! —King Diamond, “Halloween” Yes, we do indeed know what you mean, thanks, King! In that same spirit (ugh, sorry) of ...
File this under “Cool AF”: Jose Mangin has announced his new non-profit: Headbang for Science. "After years of talking about starting a nonprofit for Metal nerds, I finally can say I f'ing did it!!!" ...
I don’t know if you know this already, but science is pretty fucking metal. From chemistry to biology to environmental studies, the world around us and how it operates is host to extremely badass ...
In a quiet corner of Switzerland, researchers have stopped treating metal like something to be melted and poured, and started treating it like something that can be grown. Instead of blasting powders ...
The Terminator series is any metallurgist’s dream. Across all six films, including two good ones, futuristic human-killing robots showcase all the sci-fi possibilities of metal — both resistant ...
You're not living past 40. Dianna Theadora Kenny, Professor of Psychology and Music at the University of Sydney, has some very unflattering words for all you metal musicians out there- you're gonna ...
What would Styrofoam be like if it were made out of steel? Afsaneh Rabiei at North Carolina State University has been working for years to develop and perfect metal foams, the product of a ...
GEARS ABRADE, pistons crack, pumps clog. If engineers had their way, machines would have no moving parts at all. Alas, a sedentary lump of metal would be a paperweight, rather than a useful machine.
Science fiction and heavy metal rub up against each other in many ways. They’re both implicitly concerned with technology — metal has machine rhythms and electric instruments. They both grapple with ...
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Your everyday permanent markers, glue sticks and packing tape may offer a surprisingly low-tech solution to a long-standing nuisance in the manufacturing industry: Making soft ...
What does it mean to be a metal and how is a metal formed? These seem like textbook questions with a simple answer: Metal is characterized by free electrons which give rise to its high electric ...