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October 1, 2014 Rhett Jones

If rising sea levels and erratic temperatures weren’t enough, we can now add gravity fluctuations to the list of things that suck about climate change. According to a new report from the European Space Agency, there’s been a dip in Earth’s gravity that aligns with the loss of ice in Antarctica. The agency’s GOCE satellite […]

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September 18, 2013 Andy Cush

Those serene concentric circles you see above–Kouichi Okamoto’s Magnetic Field Record–were created by a magnet, a bottle of ink, and a mobile hanging from the ceiling of an art studio. Wired explains how it works: A container of black Chinese ink is connected to a skinny arm, with a magnet serving as a counterbalance at the other end. […]

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