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Everything You Ever Wanted To Know About Superman's Eyeballs

Superman used to be just strong and sort of invulnerable, but now his powers are officially out of control. According to Superman II, he can erase your mind just by kissing you, not to mention his super-breath, super-hearing and super-ventriloquism. But Superman's out-of-control power really started with his super-peepers, which have a whole arsenal of eye-related powers. Check out our list of Superman's overcharged eyeball abilities. More »

12:00 PM on Tue Feb 26 2008
By Kevin Kelly
25,457 views, 21 comments

microcosmos

X-Ray Hackers Show Tinest Crystalline Structure Ever Seen

What does this one-micron sized object look like to you? Despite what Freud would say, that boldly thrusting little guy is a microcrystal, once classified as a powder too tiny to be imaged using X-rays. But a bunch of European X-ray fiends have rigged up a special X-ray diffractor at the European Synchrotron Radiation Facility, and presto — what was once unseeable powder is now a crystal! This discovery means we can see crystals today that are 10 times smaller than ones we could see yesterday. More »

8:42 AM on Thu Oct 4 2007
By Annalee Newitz
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