Study reveals dogs are programmed to want to us to be happy
Of all the animals mankind interacts with on a regular basis, dogs have always seemed to be the most in tune with our emotional states. …
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Ancient wall carvings discovered in Saudi Arabia might be the earliest evidence of very good boys
Dogs are such ubiquitous parts of modern life that it’s sometimes easy to forget that man’s best friend wasn’t always by our sides. Humans are …
NASA’s Cassini is dead, but you can still enjoy its last gorgeous photo of Saturn
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft was an incredibly reliable machine, providing an incredible amount of data and relaying countless observations from its orbit around Saturn. It also …
A ‘Flat Earther’ is actually going to launch himself with a homemade rocket
In case you’ve been blissfully unaware, there are still a seemingly large number of people who believe that the Earth isn’t actually round. If you …
Coffee-powered buses are coming… seriously
Nothing gets the body going for a hard day’s work like a nice tall cup of coffee. Many of us just can’t get through the …
The mysterious asteroid that just visited our Solar System looks so weird
Last month, astronomers got a shock when they spotted what appeared to be an object from outside our Solar System cruising around the sun and …
World’s first manmade meteor shower is actually going to happen, and now we know when
Meteor showers are an awe-inspiring sight, and skywatchers often plan well in advance for their shot at spotting shooting stars as they rain down from …
Scientists are having a hard time explaining a peculiar feature on Mars
Thanks to the efforts of NASA and various other space agencies from around the world, we’ve learned more about Mars in the past decade or …
For better or worse, the world did not end this weekend as doomsday con artists promised
With all the terrible, horrible stuff that’s been going on around the world — like record-breaking storms, constant political unrest, and escalating nuclear tensions between …
Moon landing truthers swear this photo is the ultimate proof of a faked Apollo landing
By now you’ve no doubt seen and heard the case that conspiracy theorists have put forth regarding their belief that NASA never actually landed on …
Scientists warn of huge earthquakes in 2018 due to Earth’s slowing rotation
High-budget Hollywood disaster flicks love to make up weird natural phenomena to vaguely explain why a bunch of crazy catastrophes are about to threaten the …
Science just proved that owning a dog makes you live longer
Dogs are great, and caring for a canine often comes with plenty of benefits. They make us laugh, keep us from being bored, and are …
Astronomers spot lava-covered “Super Earth” that might somehow have an atmosphere
Exoplanets — that is, planets we know exist outside of our own Solar System — come in all shapes, sizes, and personalities. Some are super …
Italian surgeon who is definitely not a supervillain says he just completed the first human head transplant
Medical advancements are happening all the time, and medical ethics seems to be having a hard time keeping up. The latest (and perhaps most unsettling) …
NASA’s Juno snaps gorgeous photo of Jupiter that you won’t believe is real
We’ve had quite a few huge storms here on Earth in recent months, and they’ve done some serious damage, but they’re nothing compared to what’s …
Boston Dynamics’ humanoid Atlas bot is now more nimble than you’ll ever be
Okay, enough is enough. Boston Dynamics has been showing off its robots for years and years now, and they’ve always been pretty cool, but they’re …
Scientists trace origin of misbehaving electrons to creepy whistles in space
Space is weird. It’s full of weird rocks, weird balls of gas, weird stars, and weird things that we can’t even properly categorize. It’s also …
NASA just launched an online tool to show you which coastal cities will be swallowed when global warming ramps up
As the Earth continues to heat up thanks in large part to the effects of scientifically-proven human factors, our little blue sphere’s collection of ice …
Scientists just sent a message to a possible alien civilization, and it could have disastrous consequences
Humans, generally speaking, are incredibly interested in the potential existence of intelligent alien life. The idea that an alien civilization exists somewhere in the cosmos …
See something odd in the night sky? An incredibly bright meteor blazed over the western US
If you happen to live in the western United States, and were hanging around outside early Tuesday night, there’s a really good chance you saw something …
Boston Dynamics has a new robot dog, and this one might be its creepiest yet
When it comes to creepy robots, it’s impossible to compete with Boston Dynamics. The company, which was famously bought then sold by Google, has always …
Pluto mystery that confounded scientists might finally be solved
For such a tiny little world, Pluto sure has gotten a lot of attention in recent years. After being demoted from “planet” to “dwarf planet,” …
Space agency wants to grow strawberries and tomatoes on Mars
NASA and the European Space Agency already have countless proposed and tentative plans to further explore Mars and potentially even land humans on the planet …
Some insane people think this weird triangle is a crashed alien ship on Mars
Mars is one of the most studied and scrutinized of all the planets in our Solar System, and space agencies have sent probes, orbiters, and …
Scientists just discovered a planet that could support life, and it’s right next door
You’ve been hearing a lot of news about exoplanets recently thanks to increasingly powerful skywatching hardware capable of detecting worlds at an incredible distance from …
US just approved a digital pill that knows whether or not you took it
Modern medicine can completely change someone’s life for the better, but only if they’re actually taking their prescriptions like they’re supposed to. Ensuring that a …
How to watch the Leonid meteor shower at its peak this weekend
With winter fast approaching, there aren’t many weekends left to enjoy the outdoors without a heavy coat and a warm cup of coffee, which is …
Artificial climate intervention could completely destroy the planet, so we probably shouldn’t do that
That terrible Hollywood disaster movie Geostorm fell flat on its face at the box office and got so many things wrong when it comes to …
Scientists just used a brain implant to improve human memory, and it could change everything
The human brain is truly a wonder, and nature has honed it to be an incredibly efficient tool for processing information and hanging on to …
Archaeologists discover hundreds of human skeletons on horrifying ‘Murder Island’
Being shipwrecked on a tropical island might sound like an interesting (or even fun) adventure, but archaeologists are discovering that the reality was much different …
