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(PhysOrg.com) -- One of the cool things about science is, no matter where you are, it’s all around you, and sometimes all that’s needed is for someone to open their eyes to something that has always just been there. Take jumping rope for example. Jeffrey Aristoff and Howard Stone found themselves wondering one day if the mechanics of the whole operation had ever been studied and worked out.

To resupply Arctic mines and oil rigs, roads are expensive (if not simply out of the question).

(PhysOrg.com) -- Sometimes the simplest of things become complicated and complex when looked at more closely.

(Chirping sound.) That may not sound like much – but it’s the loudest animal in the world. For its size, that is. The insect called the water boatman is two millimeters long.