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 …
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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 …
Over 15,000 scientists issue a terrifying ‘second notice’ to the human race
25 years ago, 1,700 of the world’s leading scientists issued a grim “warning to humanity.” Within, they explained that human activities were doing serious, irreversible …
Parasite that turns ants into actual zombies is even more terrifying than scientists thought
An incredibly powerful type of fungal parasite that is known to turn ants into actual zombies is actually even more devious than was first thought. …
Watch a giant crab mercilessly attack a full-grown bird and fuel your nightmares
Crab and arthropods in general are often pretty creepy all on their own, but when you see one ruthlessly murdering (and eating!) a creature you …
Mysterious ‘dinosaur’ shark caught, called a ‘living fossil’ by researchers
When the dinosaur-killing asteroid struck the Earth many millions of years ago it spelled doom for countless species, while allowing many others (like mammals) the …
GoPro bravely sacrifices itself to capture first-person view of being devoured by lava
Not many people have been swallowed up by lava and survived — in fact, the number has to be somewhere around zero, if I had …
The asteroid that killed the dinosaurs almost didn’t
If you think the emergence of man was an inevitability, think again. The massive asteroid that struck Earth and triggered the mass extinction of the …
The US military will test jets with frickin’ laser beams attached to them
We may not live in a Star Wars-esque age of light speed travel and Death Stars, but that isn’t stopping the US military from turning …
Scientists implanted rodents with lab-grown human ‘mini brains,’ and that’s not even the scary part
Stem cell research has been a hotly debated issue for years already, but groundbreaking work utilizing stem-cell-grown human brain tissue is about to challenge even …
Astronomers struggle to explain ‘zombie star’ that keeps exploding but won’t die
We humans like to pretend we know a lot about space and the various objects that we’ve observed in it, but at the end of …
Something scorching hot is melting Antarctica from below, and NASA thinks they know what it is
Antarctica is a weird place. Scientists have long studied the behavior of its massive ice sheets and the land underneath them in the hopes of …
When AI rules, one rogue programmer could end the human race
The idea of small groups of humans having control over some of the most powerful weapons ever to be built is scary, but it’s the …
Astronomers just spotted a planet so huge they aren’t even sure it’s really a planet
Even if you have only cursory knowledge of the planets in our Solar System, you know that Earth is on the smaller end of the …
Stephen Hawking warns that AI could completely destroy mankind
AI is everywhere. It’s in search engines and chat bots, and even built right into your next smartphone, and it promises to help make your …
Saturn’s frosty ocean moon Enceladus might actually support life
Mankind has sent fancy robots and probes to a whole bunch of our nearest planetary neighbors and found nothing to suggest life exists (or ever …
