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    LittleDragon: If the show is any where near as amusing as the comments here, this show will rock. more »
    twDarkflame: well, obviously, you cant get light to just stop. Unless you have a black hole floating at the end of the saber. Or somehow had it cone shaped with ul... more »
    Asbestos_Underwear: So that is one chapter from his book done, I wonder when they are going to start staring at goats. more »
    Bootknife-Jackson: actually, as i can see form the pic, he succeeds in holding a toy lighsaber.... more »
    hideomgskojima: Holy crap... I think I just wet myself with excitement... I wonder if they are better quality than the ones my local games store sells? more »
    0kami: IS THAT F***ING MICHIO KAKU HOLDING A F***ING LIGHTSABER? :O *explodes* more »
    Torley: Michio Kaku is such a handsome man. He'd make a badass Jedi! more »
    Tooths: An old-fashioned shotgun could still beat any lightsaber. more »
    Memepunks: "he gets out the goggles and starts trying to form super-hot plasma into a three-foot blade. " Successful or not, I will be in front of the TV for th... more »
    Garrison Dean: R.O.A.C.H.: Oh whatever. Publicity seeking futurists and plasma swords are no match for a good blaster at your side. more »
    Akitsu: Yeah, I think people are expecting a bit much from this. The article says he makes a 3 foot long jet of plasma to illustrate the idea, but it doesn't... more »
    Grey_Area: I always thought that a short piece of laser that could sometimes cut through anything, sometimes disintegrate old people, and deflect energy was very... more »
    Belabras: Do Want more »
    Lunargent: I've been a fan of Michio Kaku ever since I was given a copy of "Hyperspace" on a family trip at age 12 and told to shut up. more »
    FiorenzaDampt: I really, really want to see lightsaber battles as part of the Olympics now. If that were to come to pass, for the first time ever I would actually c... more »
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    OMFG: They've Made Real Lightsabers (Kinda)

    An upcoming television show explains why real life lightsabers are a physical impossibility, before building the next best thing. It's like Mythbusters but, surprisingly, made with even more awesome. More »
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    2008 Science Visualization Challenge Reveals the Teeth in a Squid's Suckers

    What you see above are actually the suckers on the arm of a squid, captured with an electron microscope. The color was added for the obvious effect. The National Science Foundation and the journal Science have announced the winners of the 6th annual International Science & Engineering Visualization Challenge. Incredibly talented scientist/artists wielding electron microscopes and more esoteric methods created a bunch of exceptionally cool images, such as this shot of Yog-Sothoth gibbering madly as he tries to force his way into our dimension. More »
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    "Earth's Twin" Discovered In Distant Solar System?