You can now explore the International Space Station using Google Street View
Most of us — okay, nearly all of us — will never have the opportunity to set foot inside the International Space Station. The multi-billion-dollar …
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Gorgeous Hubble photo of Mars ‘photobombed’ by tiny moon
NASA’s Hubble Space Telescope consistently delivers breathtaking views of the planets in our galactic neighborhood, but when it set its sights on Mars recently for …
Pilot merges aircraft into highway traffic, immediately hogs left lane
A video has emerged of a Cessna light aircraft landing on the Sunrise Highway in Yaphank, Long Island. A plane landing on a highway isn’t …
T-Mobile can’t stop making money
T-Mobile, the little magenta phone company that could, isn’t so little any more. On Wednesday, it posted yet another stellar set of quarterly results, blowing …
Luckiest kid ever finds 1.2 million-year-old fossil by accident
Like just about every kid, 10-year-old Jude Sparks loves dinosaurs. I mean, how could he not? They’re big, cool looking, and they’re the stars of …
Elon Musk announces underground Hyperloop that does NY to DC in 29 minutes
On Thursday, Elon Musk announced that he’s secured “verbal government approval,” whatever that is, to build a Hyperloop linking Washington DC to New York City, …
Scientists detect ‘strange signals’ coming from nearby star
When it comes to the search for life outside of our Solar System, there are a number of ways we could eventually discover it. Exploring …
Drones become newest crime-fighting tool for police
Just one week after the sheriff’s department in Cecil County, Md., got its brand new drone up and running, it was asked to investigate a …
Congressman asks NASA scientist about ancient Martian civilizations, and things get awkward
Being an elected official means that you should probably have a working knowledge of whatever topic it is you’re planning to publicly address at any …
Cop accidentally frames himself planting drugs on body camera footage
Baltimore news outlets have published body cam video from a supposed drug bust back in January. The video appears to show a cop planting drugs …
SpaceX plans to relaunch a rocket just 24 hours after it lands
SpaceX, the pioneering force behind reusable rocket technology, has already proven to the world that single-use rockets will one day be a thing of the …
Fishermen snag monstrous 18-foot squid, and it’s somehow only a baby
You probably won’t find many people who envy the daily grind of professional fishermen who spend their day trawling the depths. It’s a messy, oftentimes …
Woman caught with 102 iPhones strapped to her body in brazen smuggling attempt
Getting a single smartphone through a metal detector at a customs gate is virtually impossible — they’re built specifically to spot such items, after all …
National Hot Dog Day 2017: 6 places you can score free or cheap hot dogs
Trying to decide what to do for lunch today? Well, you might want to think about grabbing a hot dog, because today just so happens …
You had no idea the Google search bar was hiding these 10 Easter eggs
Google is the most visited website on the planet by a wide margin. Most people can’t even remember what life was like before Google, and …
The Nintendo Switch will be back in stock at Best Buy and Target this week
If you’ve been waiting for the right time to restart your hunt for a Nintendo Switch, this is the week to do it. Shortly after …
Google Fiber is in trouble
Wind the clock back two years, and it looked like Google Fiber was going to save us all. It was rolling out cheap gigabit fiber …
Amazon is selling prepackaged meal kits because groceries are so 2016
Amazon is expanding its war against all other forms of retail onto a new front: food. The internet giant has already announced its intention to …
Elon Musk says artificial intelligence is humanity’s ‘biggest risk’
Elon Musk has sounded warning bells on artificial intelligence for quite some time, as he believes it could be a huge threat to society. Now, …
New NASA flyovers get you closer to Pluto and Charon than you ever could’ve imagined
The New Horizons spacecraft has Pluto well and truly in the rear-view mirror by now, as it’s on the way to check out the Kuiper …
Buy an iPhone 7 and get another one free from AT&T
If need a new phone and don’t plan on waiting around for the iPhone 8 (or just don’t want to pay $1,000 for a smartphone), …
GameStop is getting additional Nintendo Switch units every day this week
We’re four and a half months out from the launch of the Nintendo Switch, but plenty of consumers still haven’t had an opportunity to get …
New law paves way for companies to mine asteroids
Mining companies pull valuable material out of the earth and sell it. That’s their job, and while there’s plenty of controversy over where, when, and …
Video shows woman destroying $200,000 of sculptures while taking a selfie
What lengths would you go to snap the perfect selfie? Would you be willing to bend your neck at an awkward angle? Of course you …
New NASA video shows Pluto as you’ve never seen it before
It might not be a planet anymore, but Pluto is still a pretty interesting place. It’s a rocky world covered in a thick layer of …
20 million mosquitoes to invade California in bug fight
A 20-million mosquito horde is set to be unleashed in California. But don’t worry, they don’t bite. The massive bug campaign being launched Friday in …
These hideous animals won’t die until the Sun explodes
Check out this hideousness! It might look like the bag from a 1940s vacuum cleaner with legs. But what it lacks in “design” it certainly …
NASA finally admits it has no money to land on Mars
NASA has a bold plan to reach Mars by 2030, but that doesn’t mean it’ll actually land on the red planet. In fact, it looks …
This free ‘robot lawyer’ will help you beat Uncle Sam anywhere in the United States
The United States is a democracy, where every citizen has the right to be treated fairly by the legal system, but unfortunately things don’t always …
I had no idea construction trade shows were this exciting
As someone who spends much of his work day trying to sift through gadget rumors and staring wide-eyed at photos taken hundreds of millions of …
