Listening to someone boast about their accomplishments can be a seriously draining experience. But while nobody likes a bragger, a brand new study suggests that …
The Moon is our closest neighbor and we’ve learned a lot about it over the past century or so. We’ve studied it, mapped it, and …
Generally speaking, it’s pretty easy to tell when something is going on with a volcano. When a large volcano is about to blow its top …
Spiders are horrific creatures. Most of them are tiny and easy to deal with, yet they’re so scary. Spiders are just as afraid of you …
We’ve all felt the pressure that builds up in our stomach after a can of carbonated cola or a particularly filling meal, and no matter …
Taking a trip to a beach in Southern California is supposed to be a relaxing, leisurely experience. For some beachgoers earlier this week it was …
It’s been a generally-agreed fact for years that Mars is hiding significant ice deposits. But the size and location of the frozen water has been …
You might not know where they actually grow, or even the fact that they landed on the endangered species list a little over a decade …
Nearly ever zombie movie that has graced the silver screen has at least one scene where the bold heroes are faced with a team member …
There’s plenty of interesting things to find here on Earth. Archaeologists and paleontologists are constantly discovering relics of the past that nobody ever knew was …
If you have science fiction nightmares of a robot apocalypse you should probably just stop reading right now. For those of you still here, I …
Generally speaking there are lots and lots of people who find bats to be pretty creepy little creatures. It makes sense, of course, because bats …
We’re still in the first half of January which means there’s still lots and lots of people holding true to their New Year’s resolutions to …
In nature, bright colors are useful in a variety of ways. Some insects sport eye-catching colors that warn would-be predators that they’re poisonous, and many …
One of the biggest stories in consumer electronics right now is Apple’s secret throttling of older iPhone models with aging batteries. The company misled customers …
Farts are a natural, healthy byproduct of your digestive system, and everyone has them from time to time, but as funny as flatulence is, how, …
There are several different factors that help to determine how tall each of us stands. Genetics obviously plays a big role, but the gravitational pull …
We live in a three-dimensional reality. Because of that, it’s pretty hard to imagine what a four-dimensional reality might be like, but that isn’t stopping …
Hollywood has had a love affair with pirates for a long, long time, but no matter how many swashbuckling tales you’ve seen on the silver …
As the Earth’s largest chunks of ice continue to get smaller and smaller, sea levels have risen. All that melting ice has to go somewhere, …
NASA’s Juno spacecraft has been hanging around Jupiter for a while now, sending back some of the most jaw-dropping photos that mankind has ever captured, …
If you’re one of the many casual science observers hoping that mankind will one day discover evidence that life once thrived on Mars, 2017 was …
Prosthetics have improved my leaps and bounds over the past century and we’ve reached a point where someone with an artificial limb is often just …
It wasn’t until the late 1980s that the world finally came to terms with the fact that manmade chemicals were destroying the Earth’s ozone layer. …
We often think of robots as superior to ourselves, but when it comes to the abilities afforded us by our muscles, robots have a hard …
We’re still in the very earliest days of January which means lots of folks are currently rocking New Year’s resolutions to avoid junk food and …
Coral reefs are among the ocean’s most wondrous achievements. Like a massive mega-city made up of microorganisms, these diverse ecosystems provide shelter for many different …
For a far-off star, KIC 8462852 sure has been getting a lot of attention recently. Earlier this year the star — which has been nicknamed “Tabby’s …
We humans like to think of ourselves as the masters of design but sometimes Mother Nature shows us that we’re really just amateurs. That’s exactly …
The long-buried remains of an infant girl are helping to rewrite what archaeologists know about the initial migration of humans to North America. The discovery, …
