Your “Personal Bubble” is Actually a Cloud of Bacteria

A new study published in the journal Peer J has revealed that a “personal bubble” isn’t just a reference to a preferred spacial barrier—but a living, breathing organism that’s unique to each human. “If I scratch my head, thousands of skin cells, cell fragments, bacteria, and fungi get airborne,” explains former University of Oregon researcher James Meadow, and they follow you no matter where you …

Samsung Honored for Ingenious Use of Screens

Samsung and their ad agency Leo Burnett have won AdWeek’s top honor—the Gravity Award—for their ingenious idea to use Samsung’s technology to solve one of Argentina’s deadliest problems: traffic accidents on two-lane roadways. The duo mounted four monitors to the backs of cargo trucks to display the opposite direction lane and any oncoming vehicles, making it easy for cars stuck behind the slow-moving trucks to …

Scientist Who Un-Boiled an Egg Receives Ig Nobel Prize

Earlier this year, Australian scientist Colin Raston announced that he and his team had discovered a way to partially un-boil an egg and bring its solid egg whites back to a clear, runny state—and now he’s been awarded the Ig Nobel Prize for it. The feat might seem like a party trick, but its implications are massive—especially in the pharmaceutical industry where protein processing is …