SpaceX forced to delay launch of NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite
NASA’s powerful, planet-hunting satellite TESS was supposed to launch into orbit aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 on Monday, but plans were nixed at the last moment …
Articles by Mike Wehner
This ‘Suicide Booth’ will kill you at the press of a button
Suicide is an incredibly sensitive subject for a number of pretty obvious reasons. You can’t have a conversation about the idea of someone taking their …
Forget the polygraph, new emotion-reading systems could be virtually impossible to fool
Old-school lie-detection technology has served its purpose in many, many criminal cases over the years, but it’s still not terribly reliable. Polygraph tests measure many …
Over 200 million eggs recalled over Salmonella fear – here are all the brands to avoid
Eggs are a staple many countries and the United States is no exception, so when a food recall hits a major egg supplier you can …
NASA’s planet-hunting TESS satellite will launch in just days
NASA already has some pretty powerful tools for detecting far-off worlds, but the latest and greatest is set to launch into space this coming Monday, …
A baby was just born in China four years after his parents both died
A baby born was born in December of last year in China, but his biological parents passed away several years before he was even conceived. …
Substitute teacher hosts a student ‘fight club’ in his classroom, gets arrested
If you’re a high school student, having a substitute teacher for the day typically means you’ll be watching a boring video for the length of …
SpaceX is worth so much money right now
With SpaceX delivering satellites into orbit and launching resupply missions for the International Space Station on a regular basis — not to mention sending a …
A new reason to get up early: It might help you live longer
Being a morning person isn’t necessarily something people go out of their way to become. Early risers might get a head start on the day, …
No, the world isn’t going to end on April 23rd
Hey, so, remember back in November of last year when self-proclaimed doomsday prophet and noted con artist David Meade predicted the end of the world …
NASA’s 3D flyover of Jupiter’s North Pole is absolutely terrifying
Back in early March, NASA released some really stunning images that the Juno probe captured of Jupiter’s poles. The pictures were created using the spacecraft’s …
White Castle now sells a veggie burger that looks like meat and bleeds when you bite it
Vegan meat substitutes have come a long way in the past decade or so, dramatically improving in taste accuracy and texture, but discerning carnivores can …
Scientists just found something under arctic ice that raises hopes of finding extraterrestrial life
In the search for life beyond our planet, scientists have long believed that finding planets within the so-called “goldilocks” zone of their star is the …
Your gluten free diet isn’t actually free of gluten
Avoiding gluten has become a bit of a diet fad in the past couple of years, but only 1% of the entire population actually has …
New study has a theory for why we haven’t found aliens yet, and it makes a whole lot of sense
Mankind has been gazing into space for some time now, but scientists still haven’t found any evidence that intelligent life exists in our neck of …
Ever wonder why you have eyebrows? Scientists think they now have the answer
When we look back at the fossilized remains of our human ancestors it’s easy to see the resemblance. The prehistoric peoples that roamed the Earth …
Ancient oceans somehow just got even scarier with discovery of a massive aquatic carnivore
The oceans that cover much of Earth today are filled with all kinds of interesting creatures, and while there’s plenty of dangerous aquatic animals that …
Loss of government spy satellite wasn’t SpaceX’s fault, according to new probe
Earlier this year, SpaceX helped the US government send a spy satellite into orbit. The launch was somewhat hush-hush, at least in terms of how …
World’s hottest pepper ruins man’s life for a week
Depending on who you are and your tolerance for hot foods, eating a super hot pepper can either be a briefly painful but overall enjoyable …
NASA just released a ‘Moon tour’ video in stunning 4K
Visiting the Moon is an incredibly rare privilege. Just 12 people have ever been there, and your chances of joining those ranks are essentially zero. …
Elon Musk shows off colossal tool that will be used to build SpaceX’s ‘Big F*cking Rocket’
It wasn’t that long ago that SpaceX launched its massive Falcon Heavy rocket for the very first time, exceeding all expectations and accomplishing just about …
The first NASA spacecraft that will ‘touch the Sun’ is just about ready to launch
You probably don’t think about it on a daily basis but the Sun is pretty darn important. Without it, we wouldn’t be here, and our …
NASA’s Juno snapped another photo of Jupiter that looks like a watercolor painting
Out of all the different pieces of NASA hardware floating around our Solar System, the Juno spacecraft probably has the best gig in terms of …
Virgin Galactic’s wild space plane goes supersonic in first powered test flight
With SpaceX and other private spaceflight companies stealing headlines left and right it’s easy to forget the Virgin Galactic has been flirting with suborbital commercial …
MIT invented a wearable that lets you talk to yourself without saying a word
Alexa, Siri, and other virtual assistant apps are great for small tasks no matter where you are, but actually talking to your AI helper in …
High-flying ‘Space Hotel’ slated to launch in 2021, catering to the super rich
Staying at a fancy hotel is always a fun experience, but if you’ve exhausted every five-star hotel on the face of the Earth you could …
We finally know why SpaceX had to mysteriously cut its latest livestream short
Back on March 30th, SpaceX sent yet another of its Falcon 9 rockets skyward, delivering a payload of 10 satellites into orbit for communications company …
XPrize is relaunching its competition to land on the Moon, but this time it’s without Google’s help
The Google Lunar XPrize has had an unfortunate history. The competition, which was designed to push independent companies and inventors to create a vehicle which …
NASA wants to send robot bees to Mars
We know more about Mars than any other planet besides Earth, and that’s largely thanks to our ability to send high-tech equipment to its surface. …
Alien hunters just got some seriously bad news
Oftentimes the debate over whether or not we’re alone in the universe boils down to a simple question: How could we be? I mean, with …
