Researcher discovers new shrimp species with furry feet, names it after Bilbo Baggins
You really have to respect scientists when it comes to the incredible amount of effort it must take to discover, identify, and categorize and entirely …
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Paleontologists uncover oldest footprints ever, but they don’t know what made them
Fossilized remains of ancient creatures are pretty hard to find, but fossilized footprints are even harder. For a footprint to survive millions and millions of …
Scientists just discovered something very special about Jupiter’s lightning
Jupiter is a massive, swirling mass of towering storm clouds, and anyone who lives on Earth knows that storms are fantastic at producing lightning. When …
NASA reveals that it’s found organic molecules on Mars that may have come from life
Earlier this week NASA announced that it had something it wanted to tell us about Mars. Today, NASA scientists presented their findings in a pair …
Your dog could be a victim of the next influenza pandemic
Thanks to plenty of warnings from the medical community we’re all pretty familiar with the ability of influenza viruses to jump from other animals to …
How to stream NASA’s mysterious Mars announcement today
NASA regularly releases news, scientific papers, and new theories related to Mars, and typically it’s with very little fanfare. Scientists have lots of hardware working …
NASA’s New Horizons probe just woke back up
The last we heard of NASA’s New Horizons probe was when NASA released a set of photos taken at the farthest point any spacecraft has …
SpaceX forced to delay plans for first space tourism launch
Private spaceflight companies like SpaceX and Blue Origin have made some big promises when it comes to tourism in space. Eager (and very wealthy) astronaut …
Earth’s days used to be just 18 hours long, but the Moon changed that
If you’ve ever felt like there just aren’t enough hours in the day just be glad that you didn’t live on Earth 1.4 billion years …
Soldier steals ‘tank-like’ armored transport, leads police on surprisingly speedy chase
Running from the police is a bad idea regardless of whether you’re on foot or in a vehicle, but a member of the Virginia Army …
NASA found something on Mars and it’s holding a press conference on Thursday to tell everyone
NASA’s Mars Curiosity rover has been on the Red Planet for a long, long time. Back in March it tallied its 2,000th Martian day, which …
Mythical ‘Planet 9’ might actually just be a bunch of very rude asteroids
Remember “Planet 9”? No I’m not talking about Pluto. That ship has sailed. I’m talking about the maybe-kinda-sorta hidden planet that might-kinda-maybe be lurking at …
Browse 20 years of Earth’s weather with NASA’s incredible Worldview tool
Whenever NASA shows off a stunning new image of Earth from space it’s fun to take a few minutes to soak in all the details. …
Skeleton of unidentified dinosaur sells for $2.36 million to private buyer, and scientists are ticked off
You’d think that once you find a nearly complete dinosaur skeleton most of the hard work would be behind you, but that wasn’t the case …
Teacher who fed a live puppy to a snapping turtle gets charged with animal cruelty
Science teachers don’t have it easy. They have to explain the workings of the animal kingdom to students in a straightforward and honest way, but …
Pint-sized asteroid spotted just hours before slamming into Earth’s atmosphere
Generally speaking, NASA has a pretty good idea of which asteroids are hanging out in Earth’s neighborhood. Astronomers have spotted, plotted, and forecasted asteroid flybys …
Apple TV 4K gets Dolby Atmos, zero sign-on, and new content options with tvOS 12
Today at Apple’s WWDC 2018 conference the company revealed an update on Apple TV. According to Apple, the Apple TV business has grown 50% year-over-year, …
Dozens dead after volcano erupts in Guatemala
All eyes have been on Hawaii’s Kilauea volcano as it continues to pour molten rock from a number of fissures in the ground, but another …
Lego’s 2018 Bugatti Chiron kit has functioning transmission and 16-cylinder engine
I have two pieces of good news and one piece of bad news. Which one do you want first? Okay let’s start with the most …
NASA spacecraft captures evidence of frozen methane dunes on Pluto
Pluto might not be an official planet anymore but that doesn’t mean the frozen world is any less interesting from a scientific perspective. The dwarf …
NASA releases gorgeous images from its brand new GOES-17 satellite
NASA’s shiny new GOES-17 satellite got off to something of a rocky start last week as officials revealed that the spacecraft’s cooling system is, well, …
There’s a scientific reason why you should talk to your dog in a ‘baby voice’
It’s a well-known quirk of human nature that adults tend to talk to babies in an over-the-top, cartoony tone of voice. Science calls it “infant-directed …
Canadian scientist demands protection for historical sites on other planets
For all the great things humans have accomplished on Earth — you know, civilization and all that stuff — we’ve still managed to kind of …
Dino-killing asteroid crater almost immediately became a cradle of life
When the asteroid that struck the present-day Yucatan Peninsula in Mexico reach the Earth it made life incredibly difficult for just about every living thing. …
SpaceX delays Falcon 9 launch for second time, now targeting June 4th
SpaceX has had a very, very busy year thus far. The company’s steady diet of rocket launches has gone exceedingly well — aside from a …
Scientists discover ‘Mother of All Lizards’ in the Alps
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine what the Earth was like when massive beasts like the Tyrannosaurus rex freely roamed the land, but it can be …
Scientists just found a ‘reptilian mammal’ fossil in Utah and it could shake up Earth’s history
If you even sort of paid attention in geography class you already know that the Earth didn’t always look like it does today. At one …
AI is now better at detecting skin cancer than human doctors
Modern medicine pushes forward thanks to the efforts of doctors and scientists who develop new tools, techniques, and methods for diagnosing and treating ailments, but …
Sex on Mars is going to be risky, but it could create a new human subspecies
The idea of a colony of humans on Mars isn’t just science fiction anymore; NASA and space agencies around the world, along with independent scientists …
Actual doctors are lining up on Twitter to crush Roseanne’s ‘Ambien defense’
In the 24 hours since revived sitcom star and human air raid siren Roseanne went on a racist Twitter rant she’s come up with a …
