Another of Albert Einstein's accomplishments, in conjunction with Hungarian physicist Leo Szilard, was the invention of a refrigerator that operates without electricity, or the environmentally damaging freons currently used in fridges. Malcolm McCulloch, a scientist at Oxford University in Britain, is leading a team to revive development of the idea. Einstein and Szilard's idea avoids the need for freons. It uses ammonia, butane and water and takes advantage of ... Read full entry

Childish superstition: Einstein's letter makes view of religion relatively clear A recently published letter written by Albert Einstein finally clarifies his views in regards to god and religion. In the letter, he states: "The word god is for me nothing more than the expression and product of human weaknesses, the Bible a collection of honourable, but still primitive legends which are nevertheless pretty childish. No interpretation no matter how subtle can ... Read full entry

Biggest Black Hole in Universe Discovered - and it's BIG It threatens to gobble up all of creation, but rest easy, at least the behaviour of the largest known black hole, and that of a (slightly) smaller orbiting companion, are consistent with the observations Albert Einstein made in his theory of General Relativity. Whatever gave birth to this monster can be real proud. The biggest black hole in the ... Read full entry