Brain scans might one day tell you if you’re bad at your job
Losing out on a job opportunity because someone else looked better in an interview or had a more detailed resume can be pretty frustrating, but …
Articles by Mike Wehner
After nearly 200 days, three ISS crew members land safely back on Earth
A trio of scientists who spent nearly 200 days in space have now landed safely back on Earth after departing the International Space Station. NASA’s …
Planet-sized object 8,000 light years away could be the first alien moon ever found
Spotting a planet orbiting a star 8,000 light-years away isn’t exactly easy, but modern telescope technology has allowed astronomers to accomplish such feats with shocking …
NASA forced its Curiosity rover to use its backup ‘brain’ after it started acting up
NASA has had a recent run of incredible success with its Mars missions. The possibly-now-dead Opportunity rover has already managed to outlast its expected lifespan …
Incredibly unlucky frogs were almost wiped out by a deadly fungus, but then they evolved
Post-apocalyptic science fiction flicks fill us with fear of a deadly virus wiping out mankind, but that dreadful scenario is something that a population of …
NASA issues statement walking back some comments by Russian officials on ISS leak
The story of the strange hole in a Russian vehicle attached to the International Space Station continues to get stranger. Just yesterday comments from the …
Hurricane Florence pushed eye-catching blue jellyfish towards New Jersey
If you’re looking for colorful sea creatures the first place you’d look probably wouldn’t be anywhere near New Jersey. Hurricane Florence, which recently slammed into …
The robots are building things now
We all know by now that the robot apocalypse is coming. It won’t happen tomorrow, or the next day, or even next year, but at …
Japan’s asteroid probe sends lander to surface, delivers another ‘first’ photo
The Japanese asteroid probe Hayabusa-2 has already delivered some gorgeous images from its orbit around the asteroid Ryugu which it arrived at a number of …
NASA crammed 60 years of achievement into just 60 seconds
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is celebrating its 60th anniversary, and it’s been a wild six decades for the many scientists, researchers, and engineers, …
Scientists link three human brains together, force them to play Tetris
The ability to read someone else’s mind is a staple of science fiction and superhero plot lines dating back decades, but it’s obviously never been …
Russian space agency says space station hole was deliberate sabotage
It’s now been over a month since a mysterious hole appeared in a Russian Soyuz spacecraft attached to the International Space Station. The hole was …
Astronomers spot a new object orbiting the Sun that supports the Planet Nine theory
There are officially eight planets in our Solar System — yes, I know, Pluto was totally a planet, but not anymore — but that doesn’t …
Traveling to Mars could give you gut cancer, and that’s not good
Getting a manned mission safely to Mars would be the greatest space-age accomplishment of all time. Humans have never visited another planet, and while we’ve …
Humans didn’t speed up the drying of the Sahara, and in fact they may have delayed it
Today the Sahara desert is a dry, dusty, sandy land that stretches for millions of miles, but it wasn’t always this way. Go back at …
These scientists were so interested in a tiny fish they totally missed a 10-foot shark
Scientists are usually pretty smart folks, but that doesn’t stop them from suffering from tunnel vision every once in a while just like the rest …
The University of Central Florida made fake Mars dirt, and now it’s selling it
Mars is a long, long way away, but it’s abundantly clear that getting there is mankind’s next great challenge. Space agencies from around the world …
North Carolina endured Hurricane Florence, but now it’s being invaded by an army of mosquitos
Hurricane Florence tested the resolve of the Carolinas when it made landfall earlier this month, claiming dozens of lives and displacing thousands of coastal residents. …
Creepy skull-shaped asteroid will cruise by Earth after Halloween
If you were planning on holding a Halloween bash on October 31st, you might want to reschedule. A very special asteroid is going to make …
Good boy gets stuck outside, uses video doorbell to let his humans know
If you go through the trouble of installing something like a video doorbell it’s probably because you want to do human things, like see when …
New high-tech spray-on coating can make buildings, cars, and even spaceships cooler
Managing temperatures in particularly hot and sunny climates can be very difficult even today. You can use air conditioning to displace the heat from inside …
Scientists blew up their own machine to break the record for most intense magnetic field
Scientists are always looking to push the limits of their own creations, but most of the time that doesn’t mean utterly destroying some very fancy …
Very good dog with a very bad tumor gets a new 3D-printed skull
When Patches, a now nine-year-old female dachsund, first showed signs of something wrong with her head it didn’t seem particularly serious to her owner Danielle …
Moon-faring robotics startup ispace is going to catch a ride with SpaceX
SpaceX certainly has a lot on its plate already, with its BFR rocket under construction, a deadline with NASA, and a space tourist program all …
Cats are apparently terrible at catching rats
Cats are good at so many thing — napping, chasing laser pointer dots around the room, napping, eating, and napping, just to name a few …
Japanese probe sends back stunning new images from asteroid’s surface
It’s only been a couple of days since Japanese space agency JAXA showed off the very first images taken from an asteroid’s surface, but we’re …
Another Chinese space lab is going to fall back to Earth, but this time it’s under control
Remember back in April when China’s Tiangong-1 space station unceremoniously fell out of the sky, burned up in the atmosphere and rained a bit of …
Weed killers might be killing off honey bees, new study suggests
Mankind fancies itself pretty capable when it comes to taming Mother Nature, but many things humans have invented to manipulate nature to our liking have …
Paleontologists discovered the world’s largest ancient bird, so they named it ‘big bird’
There are only a handful of very large bird species around today, but as intimidating as an ostrich might be when it’s staring down at …
NASA’s Mars orbiter just spotted the still-silent Opportunity rover, and things aren’t looking good
It’s now been several months since NASA’s Opportunity rover fell silent. A massive dust storm on Mars shrouded the planet in darkness and cut off …
