Scientists eyeing possibility of Moon vault for storing human sperm
With mankind slowly marching towards a future where human space colonies are a reality — and with our brightest minds telling us we need to find a …
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This car gets over 2,700 miles per gallon
When it comes to fuel efficiency, the never-ending quest for more miles-per-gallon isn’t just about squeezing as much distance as possible out of existing automotive technologies, …
Newfound ‘alien megastructure’ star leaves scientists baffled
You’re forgiven if the name KIC 8462852 doesn’t ring a bell. It’s a far-off object, thought to be a star, which was only just discovered …
A new gadget on the ISS broke, and now astronauts have to walk in space to fix it
The International Space Station is one seriously advanced piece of technology, packed with gadgets and various hardware that allow the on-board astronauts to carry out …
There’s a new moon in our solar system
You might think of our solar system as our most immediate celestial neighborhood — and when compared with the vastness of the universe as a …
Scientists hunt down super rare T. Rex ant and are shocked at what they find
In nature, creatures that look ferocious and intimidating oftentimes have personalities to match. So, when researchers finally managed to find an active colony of an …
A robot landed a plane, and nothing bad happened
We joke a lot about the eventual robot apocalypse — when mankind will inevitably be enslaved by our very own creations and forced to serve …
Scientists trolled animals around the world with thousands of fake worms – here’s why
It’s not every day that researchers from around the world launch a singular effort to ruin the days of predatory birds, lizards, and various other …
Russian spaceflight director thinks Elon Musk is out of his mind
Elon Musk — you know, that square-jawed billionaire who can’t stop building groundbreaking companies and wants to merge your brain with a computer in his …
Humans have messed up the planet so rapidly that trees are migrating
As the evidence that human activity and pollution are quickly warming our planet continues to pile up, researchers are now noticing a particularly shocking side …
NASA just discovered a bizarre ‘bubble’ around Earth, and humans accidentally created it
Most of the time, NASA spends its days searching for and studying things in space that resulted from natural phenomena — like creepy valleys on …
New discovery shows T-rex’s bite could make bones ‘explode’
Everyone knows that the Tyrannosaurus rex — the mighty “king” of the dinosaurs — was a fearsome carnivore. There’s been plenty of debate over how …
Researchers warn that hacked industrial robots could kill in more ways than one
Robotic workers have already revolutionized several different manufacturing industries, and as the tireless machines grow smarter and smarter, the risks posed by hackers continue to ramp …
Humans speak dog, according to science
Man’s best friend has been with us through thick and thin, and apparently humans and canines have grown so close over the ages that we …
Scientists just discovered something incredible about the dinosaur-killer asteroid
Determining why the dinosaurs went extinct has been debated for ages and studied for even longer. Now, the most acceptable extinction event hypothesis — that …
Mars rover reaches site that scientists still can’t explain
When new discoveries on Mars are made you typically see the name “Curiosity” associated with them, but NASA has another rover cruising around the martian …
Gaze upon this plastic garbage island and question if capitalism is really worth it
Humans are just the worst, at least as far as the wellbeing of the Earth is concerned. We’ve done plenty of horrible things to this …
Using science to make humans more moral might just make us racist instead
If there’s one thing philosophers have learned over the course of human history it’s that changing the way people think is a tricky business. Societies …
Researchers found a dinosaur that still has its skin and guts
When archeologists hunt for fossils what they’re typically after are bones, footprints, and other fossilized traces of ancient creators having once roamed the planet. What …
Science says porn is making men impotent
Before the days of the internet, porn was actually pretty tough to find. You had to visit a shady adult toy shop or, if you …
Watch North Korea’s new missile soar while you contemplate the fate of humanity
After a tense few weeks of North Korea shouting at the world, launching things into the air, and many other countries subsequently shouting back, it doesn’t …
Scientists finally have a decent guess as to why Earth exists
Earth is a pretty nifty place. I mean, I’ve spent my entire life here and I’m guessing you have, too, and there’s plenty to see …
Scientists just heard something really weird in space, and can’t figure out where it came from
Researchers from around the world are scratching their heads over a newly discovered radio burst detected on Earth, but with a completely unknown origin. A …
A gigantic, bloody dead thing just washed up in Indonesia and nobody knows what it is
The sea still holds great mysteries for mankind. A few examples of this are the peculiar disappearances in the Bermuda Triangle, the origins of the …
The International Space Station has sprung a leak
The International Space Station is old. The first pieces of it were sent into orbit almost two decades ago, and it’s been under near constant …
Cops are now using AI to predict crime before it happens
In a timely reminder that we’re pretty much living in a sci-fi future that writers from the 1950s could only have dreamed of, law enforcement …
This NASA photo of Saturn’s moon shows clouds you’ve never seen on Earth
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft is currently conducting a series of elaborate dives in which it repeatedly comes closer to Saturn than ever before. But during its …
Scientists accidentally created a new blue, and now Crayola has to find a name for it
Colors are one of those bits of childhood knowledge that you acquire when you’re barely old enough to form coherent sentences. Once you learn the …
Gorgeous new video shows colossal plasma columns dancing on our sun’s surface
The sun — you know, that big, life-giving star that is more or less responsible for our very existence here on Earth — is one …
Scientists discover that Earth was basically one big ‘Waterworld,’ without Kevin Costner
Long before Kevin Costner and Dennis Hopper battled it out on the open seas in the mid-90s dystopian sci-fi flick Waterworld, the Earth really was …
