Author: scoop IT

Double-whammy tsunami?

On 11 March 2011, a magnitude-9 earthquake jolted northern Japan and sent a devastating tsunami sweeping down the coast, overwhelming seawalls with a surge more than 10 meters high. Along one 100-kilometer stretch of...

Ig Nobel prizes provide fun fodder

In honour of the winners of this year’s Ig Nobel Prizes, researchers on social media buzzed about holy images on toast, medical uses for bacon, the slipperiness of banana skins and other offbeat works...