Cruise ship becomes coronavirus nightmare scenario
As China’s coronavirus continues to wreak havoc in the country and in the several locations where it has managed to break free from China’s borders, …
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Incredible image shows two massive stars locked in battle
Our Sun flies solo, chilling out in a relatively calm arm of the Milky Way galaxy and not causing much trouble for its stellar neighbors. …
NASA somehow managed to fix Voyager 2 from 11.5 billion miles away
When you’re trying to fix something, it helps to have that thing right in front of you. For NASA engineers, that’s often not possible, and …
Doctor who tried to warn the world about coronavirus is in critical condition
A Chinese doctor who has been credited with being one of the first to sound the alarm and attempt to warn the world about the …
Netflix just busted out a killer new app feature, but you won’t get it on iPhone
Netflix is still the king of streaming, but its competitors are catching up faster than ever. With the likes of Disney+, Apple TV+, Amazon Prime …
NASA hero Christina Koch is back on Earth after setting several space records
Any astronaut that has the privilege of traveling to the International Space Station etches their name in the history books for all eternity. Inevitably, however, …
Astronomers spot dead ‘monster’ galaxy lurking in deep space
Over the years, scientists studying space have spotted countless galaxies in all different phases of their lives. From newborn galaxies churning out new stars to …
World Health Organization insists coronavirus is not a pandemic… yet
The Wuhan coronavirus is dominating headlines the world over. Hundreds have died, tens of thousands are infected, and cases have popped up all over the …
Coronavirus jumped from person-to-person in California
The new strain of coronavirus, which is believed to have originated in China, has made another person-to-person jump, this time in California. A husband and …
Reports that claimed coronavirus spreads before symptoms appear are wrong
A shocking revelation came out of China a few days ago when the country’s health minister Ma Xiaowei said that patients infected with coronavirus are …
These bizarre ‘ice rings’ in the world’s largest freshwater lake finally have an explanation
For several decades now, the world’s largest freshwater lake held a mystery that left scientists scratching their heads. Lake Baikal, located in Russia’s frigid Siberia, …
The US Space Force just carried out a nuclear-capable missile test for the first time
The United States military carries out missile tests on a fairly regular basis, and they don’t normally get much attention. After all, they’re just tests, …
NASA’s solar probe won’t stop smashing records
In case you hadn’t been keeping up on NASA’s mission to “touch the Sun” with its Parker Solar Probe, let me get you up to …
NASA’s Sun probe just spotted something entirely new
Our Sun is vitally important to our continued existence, but it’s also a volatile object with a spicy personality. Coronal mass ejections, or CMEs, are …
Foxconn shutdown over coronavirus threatens iPhone production
As the new strain of coronavirus continues to spread across huge chunks of China, the outbreak’s impact on the world at large is growing more …
Potential HIV vaccine hits major snag in testing
It was only a couple of months ago that news of potential HIV vaccines generated excitement in the medical community, with several promising developments and …
OK, this is officially the coolest space selfie ever
Being chosen to take part in a mission aboard the International Space Station is an incredible honor. Only an impossibly small fraction of humans have …
Scientists say Mars had salty, comfortable lakes
Of all the planets scientists have studied over the years, Mars is the one that we know the most about. We’ve sent orbiters, probes, and …
Scientists invented an ‘anti-solar panel’ that generates power in the dark
Solar power technology shows promise in helping humanity wean itself off of power sources that are far more damaging to the planet. It’s already used …
US airports issue two-week quarantine for anyone arriving from Wuhan
China’s new coronavirus is rapidly spreading in the country, and the number of cases confirmed in other countries continues to rise as well. US citizens …
Watch as Earth loses all of its water in this new video
Earth is covered in water. It’s the big blue marble, and oceans dominate its surface… but what if they didn’t? What if Earth’s oceans were …
Construction workers uncovered 42 skeletons and nobody knows where they’re from
Construction workers in Buckingham, England got a disturbing surprise when they began clearing land for new residential development recently. The housing development includes 72 flats …
Coronavirus kills first patient outside China, just as a promising new treatment is found
The coronavirus outbreak seems unstoppable, as authorities haven’t yet been able to effectively contain the spread of the virus. More than 17,000 infections have been …
It’s pretty weird that smelling this particular flower can give your brain a boost
What if you could enhance your ability to learn and retain information with something as simple as a specific odor? Apparently, that’s a very real …
Fake ‘cures’ for coronavirus are spreading on Facebook
All around the world, health officials are scrambling to come up with solutions to the coronavirus. The outbreak popped up in China weeks ago, and …
NASA kills one of its most trusted satellites
With so many pieces of high-tech hardware at its disposal, it’s easy to forget that some of NASA’s most impressive machines are rapidly aging. The …
Scientists estimate nearly 100,000 people are infected with coronavirus
If you’ve been keeping a close eye on the progress of the coronavirus outbreak over the past month or so, one thing that probably gave …
Here’s what coronavirus looks like
Coronavirus is spreading, and it’s spreading relatively fast. What started as a handful of confirmed infections in fish market in Wuhan, China, has exploded into …
WHO declared coronavirus a global health emergency – here’s what that means
The World Health Organization (WHO) met for a second time to discuss the coronavirus (2019-nCoV) since the outbreak started, and this time around, the WHO …
Scientists gave robots the ability to sweat
Evolution has given humans a number of cool bodily functions to deal with certain circumstances. Sweating, for example, is a way for our bodies to …
