For years, big budget science fiction flicks have shown us highly stylized end-of-the-world scenarios involving asteroids. Sometimes the heroes have a plan to avert disaster, …
When a 28-year-old woman arrived at Taiwan’s Fooyin University Hospital with complaints of eye pain, doctors approached it like a normal, run-of-the-mill case of eye …
When researchers discover fossils of species that are new to science it’s only natural that they attempt to find a place for them in the …
The Chinese space agency has spent the first few several months of 2019 exploring the far side of the Moon after being the first nation …
The Universe is growing. Scientists have known as much for decades, but the rate at which it is getting bigger has been the topic of …
Earlier this month, Japan’s space agency JAXA launched an explosive projectile at the space rock known as Ryugu from its Hayabusa2 asteroid probe. Japan wanted …
The occasional Netflix binge might seem like a harmless distraction to you and me, but the World Health Organization says those same personal standards should …
New exoplanet discoveries have been piling up fast in recent years, and whenever astronomers confirm the existence of another planet there’s always an immediate interest …
The Hubble Space Telescope has provided mankind with some of the most incredible views of space that we’ve ever seen. It’s shown us breathtaking images …
With summer fast approaching there’s no shortage of people doing their best to score beach-worthy bodies, but a perennial interest in physical fitness is often …
NASA’s Mars rovers have provided breathtaking images from the surface of Mars for many years, but listening to Mars is a whole other story. The …
It’s now been a couple of weeks since Israel’s first attempt to land on the Moon was met with disaster at the last possible moment. …
Shock therapy might sound outdated and even somewhat archaic, but low levels of electric stimulation has proven to have a variety of benefits when used …
A trio of professional mountain climbers died in an avalanche at the Banff National Park in Canada last week. The three men, David Lama, Jess …
Galaxies come in many different shapes and sizes, but you’d be hard pressed to find one more interesting than ESO 137-001. What the galaxy lacks …
SpaceX has had a really fantastic 2019 thus far, with its crowning achievement being the successful launch, docking, and reentry of its Crew Dragon capsule …
A 0-to-60 mph time of under three seconds is something that all but the most wealthy supercar owners are ever likely to enjoy. A 0-to-100 …
The science of tracking hurricanes has seen huge advancements in recent years, allowing forecasters to better predict paths and overall impact of the large storms …
If you’re an aspiring skywatcher looking for a good reason to stay up past your bedtime and gaze into the cosmos, I have good news: …
For a species that fancies itself superior to anything else on the planet, we humans sure have done a lot of messed up stuff to …
Last week’s attempted lunar lander by SpaceIL’s Beresheet spacecraft didn’t quite go as planned. Actually, that’s putting it mildly; it totally crashed. Nevertheless, the privately …
If you were given a few seconds to name a sea creature you wouldn’t want to run into during a swim on the beach there’s …
What did you do in the last three minutes? Maybe you took a sip from a water bottle or gave your dog a rub on …
We live in an age where companies suffer data breaches and hacks of various types on a disturbingly regular basis. Credit card companies, social networks, …
Do robots have a place in the future of crewed space missions? NASA thinks so, and it’s not the only one. Late last year the …
A few weeks back, NASA had anticipated conducting the first all-female spacewalk with astronauts Christina Koch and Anne McClaine on the International Space Station. Unfortunately, …
Not all meteor sightings are create equal. Seeing any space rock streaking across the night sky is pretty darn cool, but some of them put …
One of the great things about the world of science is that researchers in most fields tend to be incredibly open with their work. Many …
NASA is moving forward with plans to send a crewed mission to the lunar surface by 2024, a goal that will be impossible to achieve …
Mars is a mostly dry, dusty, barren place. Earth, our big blue-green marble of a planet, has a few places like that too, which makes …
