Watch Jeff Bezos’s Blue Origin successfully launch its New Shepard rocket and totally stick the landing
SpaceX has dominated headlines so far in 2018 thanks to the successful launch of the Falcon Heavy and numerous Falcon 9 missions, but it’s not …
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Meet the research team using AI to help catch suspects in mass shootings
Data in the public domain like tweets and social media video is increasingly relied on to make sense of the immediate aftermath of tragedies like …
Australia just committed to the most expensive coral reef restoration project in history
It was just a couple of weeks ago that researchers revealed the extent to which mankind has messed up the ocean’s coral reefs. It was …
Alien hunters think they found a ‘Warrior Woman’ statue on Mars
You know how when you stare at clouds long enough you begin to see shapes and objects and figures that aren’t really there? What you’re …
Scientists successfully keep a pig brain alive outside of its body, and that’s not creepy at all
As medical and scientific technologies push forward, the line between life and death becomes more and more blurred. Death is widely defined as the moment …
The European Space Agency’s new Mars orbiter just snapped its very first photo, and it’s gorgeous
The European Space Agency’s fancy new Mars orbiter only arrived at the Red Planet a few weeks ago, but it’s already delivering some really fantastic …
SpaceX is going to start charging NASA a lot more for ISS resupply missions
NASA is going to have to shell out more cash for less cargo room in future resupply missions to the International Space Station. The information …
NASA and ESA want to bring Mars dirt back to Earth, but is that a good idea?
We’ve all seen it in the plot of cheesy sci-fi: Scientists find something in space that seems harmless so they decide to bring it back …
Astronomers capture incredible image of 14 galaxies about to collide with each other
The blurry, confusing image you see above might not seem all that interesting at first glance, but it’s actually an incredible glimpse into the early …
Going to Mars is going to cost a lot of money that NASA doesn’t have
If you’ve been following space, science, or even general technology news over the past few years you’ve heard a whole lot about Mars, as well …
Scientists shot rocks out of a cannon to prove asteroids might have brought water to the early Earth
The Earth is a very, very wet place. The surface is largely covered with liquid water, but scientists have long debated exactly how so much …
Fossilized footprints tell a story of how our ancestors hunted giant sloths
There’s plenty that archaeologists and paleontologists can learn from the bones and other artifacts left behind by ancient creatures and mankind’s own ancestors. Researchers can …
The European Space Agency just released the most detailed map of the Milky Way ever constructed
You might think of our Solar System as a pretty special place — and considering it’s produced the only known example of life, that’s probably …
Human bones were some of the best weapons in ancient New Guinea
Mankind has a habit of getting into conflicts. Even our earliest human ancestors found ways to make weapons out of whatever was lying around, and …
World’s unluckiest man was bitten by a rattlesnake, bear, and shark, all within three years
Even if you’re a truly dedicated outdoors adventurer, your odds of being bitten by a wild animal are pretty darn slim. Getting into a physical …
Museum realizes fake ‘elephant bird’ egg is actually real
The elephant bird of Madagascar have been extinct for hundreds of years and as such it’s pretty difficult (read: impossible) to find an elephant bird …
The most complex penis transplant ever performed is declared a success for war veteran
A large team of surgeons and specialists at Johns Hopkins Hospital in Baltimore gave a veteran a chance to live a relatively normal life by …
MIT researchers invented a way to use water droplets as a computer interface
Water and computing don’t normally mix — unless you’ve got a water cooling system in your wicked sweet gaming PC, but I digress — but …
New study suggests kids are basically superhuman
Nobody really looks back on themselves as an eight-year-old and thinks that they were at their peak in terms of physical performance, but a new …
Scientists just figured out what Uranus smells like, and the jokes write themselves
Uranus isn’t the most popular place in the Solar System. It’s a cold, harsh world, and it hasn’t been studied nearly as much as some …
Asteroid mining will produce the world’s first trillionaire, according to Goldman Sachs
There’s lots of ways to make money here on planet Earth, but the world’s first trillionaire is going to make their fortune in space. That’s …
Scientists grow diamonds that can bend and stretch like rubber
Diamond is one of the hardest materials on the planet. Created under extreme pressure, the crystals are used in all manner of applications where rigidity …
What in the world did NASA just spot in the Arctic sea ice?
Every year, NASA takes a high-flying trip over the Arctic to monitor the ice and gather information on the area where people almost never tread. …
The world isn’t going to end today, because of course it isn’t
Well, it’s April 23rd and the Earth is still here. “Planet X” (or Nibiru, depending on your specific flavor of insanity) hasn’t dramatically appeared in …
Just one concussion can increase your risk of developing Parkinson’s, researchers warn
The long-term effects of concussions and other brain trauma has been a big focus in recent years thanks in large part to the NFL and …
How and when to watch the Lyrid meteor shower this weekend
It’s been a little while since skywatching enthusiasts had something to get excited about. Considering how jam-packed with celestial eye candy 2017 was, it’s been …
CDC expands its E. Coli warning, asks everyone to stop eating romaine lettuce
Earlier this week the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention issued a warning asking the public to avoid eating chopped romaine lettuce from the Yuma, …
Researchers say humans are responsible for mammals being so small today
Have you ever wondered why land animals are so small today? Fossils have shown us that many dinosaurs were absolutely massive beasts, evolving over millions …
This new species of ‘exploding ant’ will kill itself to save its colony
Ants are awesome little creatures and we already know that they have advanced survival tactics in battle, but the “exploding ants” that are found in …
This is the photo that conspiracy theorists say proves the Moon landing was a fraud
In 1969, Neil Armstrong became the first human to set foot on the Moon. It was an incredible technological and scientific achievement for the human …
