Historic House vote clears the way for federal cannabis legalization
With more states now allowing for recreational marijuana use than ever before, the federal government is slowly warming up to the idea of full-scale legalization. …
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Hepatitis A outbreak linked to berries sold across the US
A troubling outbreak of hepatitis A has now been linked to blackberries purchased at a grocery chain across 11 U.S. states. An investigation by the …
SpaceX’s shiny new Starship just blew up – watch the video right here
A cryogenic pressure test resulted in an explosion of a SpaceX Starship prototype in Texas on Wednesday. The blast produced a huge cloud of vapor …
Runaway cat traveled 1,200 miles over five years before being apprehended
Sasha is a good cat. His owner, Viktor Usov, hadn’t seen him for five years after the frisky feline disappeared from his Portland home. He …
NASA’s adorable underwater rover might be the first to discover alien life
NASA is about to put a rover to the test in Antarctica, and it’s unlike any robot the agency has ever shot into space. A …
Kraft Heinz recalls cottage cheese because it might have plastic and metal in it
Cottage cheese isn’t for everyone. Cottage cheese that has plastic and metal in it isn’t for anyone. Kraft Heinz just issued a recall of some …
NASA’s hunt for alien life gets big boost with Europa finding
Of all the things that could make or break the potential for a world to support life, liquid water is one of the biggest. If …
A third case of the ‘Black Death’ plague just popped up in China
Last week, China gave the world a bit of a scare when health officials in the country confirmed that two people had come down with …
If aliens exist, their home systems may be totally unlike our own
Earth is the only planet we know of that currently hosts life in any form. Because of that, it’s tempting to assume that, in the …
Hibernation chambers might make space exploration a reality
We’ve all seen it in sci-fi space movies: Deep-space travelers cruising to a new location and sleeping for weeks, months, or even years to pass …
SpaceX’s satellite horde is a nightmare for astronomers
SpaceX has done a lot to help scientists over the years. It’s a business, first and foremost, but by lowering the bar for satellite launches …
Saturn’s moon Titan is like Earth, but insane
When NASA’s Cassini orbiter spent over a decade orbiting Saturn, the planet at the core of its mission wasn’t the only target of its observations. …
A UK man’s fancy feather bedding just tried to kill him
When a 43-year-old UK man upgraded his bedding from synthetic padding to slightly fancier feather-filled pillows and duvet, he was expecting restful nights. Instead, he …
NASA has a rock radio station, and the promo video is hilariously cringey
What are you listening to today? Spotify? Apple Music? iHeartRadio? Whatever it is, it can’t possibly compete with Third Rock Radio. You’ve never heard of …
Archaeologists found ancient babies wearing skulls like helmets
Archaeologists in Ecuador have uncovered the remains of babies buried over 2,000 years ago. It would be an interesting find no matter the context, but …
Paleontologists found dinosaur feathers
We often think of dinosaurs as big lizards, with reptilian features. For decades, the common belief was that dinosaurs had smooth skin, much like reptiles …
Hammerhead True Wireless Earbuds review: Razer takes aim at Apple’s AirPods
The wireless earbud war has been raging for years now, but Razer is just now throwing its hat into the ring with the Hammerhead True …
People won’t stop growing pot on public land
Marijuana proponents have to be pretty happy about the number of U.S. states that have opted for legalization in recent years. Today, weed is legal …
Neptune’s moons are ‘dancing,’ and it’s so cool
Earth has just one Moon, which makes it pretty simple for it to avoid collisions with other large objects since, well, there’s nothing for it …
This museum will pay you $25,000 to find Missouri meteorite pieces
Hey, so, funny story: Remember that crazy-bright fireball that appeared over the skies of St. Louis earlier this week? Yeah, it was awesome, but finding …
Superbugs could kill us all if we’re not careful
You may not see it on the surface, but there’s an arms race happening at your local pharmacy. Every day, antibiotics are handed out to …
Former FDA adviser wants LASIK eye surgery banned
LASIK is one of the most popular kinds of eye procedures around. Once prohibitively expensive, laser eye surgery is now cheaper than ever, and patients …
ISS astronauts are having a much more stressful Friday than you are
It’s Friday. If you work an office job, you’re probably doing your best not to should too large of a workload. Maybe you’ll shuffle some …
Our galaxy spat out a star so fast that it’s never coming back
When you look up at the night sky you see a lot of stars that, in relation to our own planet, haven’t moved a whole …
SpaceX’s Crew Dragon blew up in April, but it’s alive again
SpaceX has enjoyed many successes in 2019. It delivered many satellites into orbit for its clients, it launched the Falcon Heavy again, and it sent …
China is going to Mars, and it just hit a major milestone
All eyes have been on NASA’s Mars 2020 rover as the space agency prepares it to travel to the Red Planet midway through next year, …
Space can make your blood flow backwards
NASA wants to send humans to Mars. Much of the technology to make such a mission a reality is already in place, and other vital …
The Black Death plague just reappeared in China
At least two people in China are under close observation and are receiving treatment for infections of the same plague that devastated Europe in the …
Nobody knows what’s creating oxygen on Mars
NASA’s Curiosity rover returned some seriously surprising data to Earth earlier this year, with readings of elevated methane levels that were hard to explain. Subsequent …
Japan’s asteroid probe is headed back to Earth, and it’s carrying precious cargo
The Japanese space program JAXA has accomplished a lot in 2019. After successfully guiding its asteroid probe Hayabusa2 to the space rock known as Ryugu …
