Watch SpaceX send a US spy satellite into orbit and land its rocket safely back on Earth
With a handful of successful launches and return flights of its reusable rocket system already under its belt, SpaceX is feeling pretty confident these days. …
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Hubble just delivered one of the most gorgeous space photos ever
The past few weeks have been jam-packed with stunning imagery from Saturn, delivered courtesy of the Cassini spacecraft. Now, almost as if to say “Hey, …
MIT invented a robot that can 3D-print an entire building
3D printing has slowly gone from a curious novelty to a totally viable option for creating all kinds of useful things, from chocolate to athletic shoes, …
NASA’s meteorite-resistant space fabric is like futuristic chainmail
NASA is usually so busy showing off all the awesome stuff it finds out in space that it’s easy to lose track of the cool …
Scientists just discovered something awesome about the soil on Mars
Humans will one day walk on Mars and while it almost certainly won’t happen on the fever-dream timeline that Donald Trump seems to think is …
History-changing discovery suggests Homo sapiens were not the first humans in America
For decades, the accepted theory of human migration suggested that Homo sapiens arrived to America around 15,000 years ago, and that they were the very …
NASA’s Cassini survived its first Saturn dive, and delivered some mind-blowing photos
NASA delivered some fantastic news very early this morning, announcing that the Cassini spacecraft had successfully survived the first of its “Grand Finale” dives. The …
The Loch Ness Monster is missing
Have you seen the Loch Ness Monster? Neither has anybody else, at least for the past eight months. Monster fanatics who dedicate themselves to studying …
Your gross human body continues to pollute the Earth even after death
Humans are messy creatures. We’ve polluted this planet to the point that it might actually be on an irreversible path towards cataclysm. As if that wasn’t …
Science finally figured out why your phone battery gets worse with age
Anyone with a laptop computer or smartphone knows all about how batteries lose their capacity over time. The day you bought it, your phone could …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has one final mission, which ends with destruction
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft has been delivering fantastic views of Saturn and its moons for many years now, and this year it will meet its ultimate …
Ancient people left a frightening message for us, and scientists just found it
10,000 years from now (assuming humans haven’t been wiped out by a plague, space rock, or our own destructive tendencies), it’ll probably be fairly easy …
Hobbits were real, and they lived in Indonesia
Humans have always been endlessly fascinated with our evolutionary history, and discovering a new species of human that once roamed the Earth is certainly cause …
Nature throws humanity a softball, provides bugs that digest plastic
Mother Earth is one seriously gracious host. Humanity has done little else to the planet that produced us than completely destroy it at every turn. We dump …
Does Donald Trump actually know where Mars is?
Earlier today, President Trump took time out of his busy schedule to video-call the American astronauts aboard the International Space Station. In between comments on …
NASA’s Cassini spacecraft just caught a glimpse of Earth, all the way from Saturn
NASA and its spectacular space hardware often spend so much time checking out our planetary neighbors that we forget Earth offers some pretty cool photo …
Man who made his living killing African wildlife gets eaten by African wildlife
Scott Van Zyl made his living taking wealthy clients on “safaris” for the sole purpose of bringing home trophies like leopards, zebras, wildebeests and even …
17th-century smart lock was really smart
Think cool technology is only a recent thing? A 340-year old smart lock may change your mind. As The Verge reports, the device in the collection …
Elon Musk’s grand plan for your brain includes adding new senses
Between serving as the boss of both Tesla and SpaceX, you probably wouldn’t imagine that Elon Musk has a ton of time to devote to new …
These creepy naked rats have a superpower and scientists can’t believe it
Naked mole-rats are weird creatures. They’re a cold-blooded mammal (which is insanely rare), they have extremely low metabolism which allows them to live extremely long …
Scientists are worried that humanity just keeps sending junk into space
Space is big and the hardware that humans keep sending into the great beyond is comparatively small, but our habit of letting random bits of space …
Scientists just unearthed an absolutely terrifying new sea creature
It’s hard to imagine that, after thousands of years of cataloguing every living thing we come across, humans are still discovering new animals, but when …
Scientists rank all the ways an asteroid can kill you
Tonight, a particularly large asteroid is going to cruise by Earth at its closest point in 400 years, and while we humans are going to …
Watch a massive asteroid cruise by Earth live tonight
Tonight is a big night for skywatchers thanks to the relatively close approach of a large asteroid called 2014 JO25. The rock is slated to …
NASA astronaut’s space treasure map sparks hunt for Caribbean wrecks
Astronaut Gordon Cooper was a born explorer. He broke countless NASA space flight records, like the longest single-man space flight, a 122-hour mission. But one …
Stay calm, citizens: Russia’s gun-wielding robot is definitely ‘not Terminator’
When it comes to fears of robots taking over the world, mental images inspired by Terminator immediately spring to mind. But if robots really were …
Science proves that training AI to be ‘human’ makes it sexist and racist, too
As we get closer and closer to create artificial intelligence that can think and reason in ways that mimic a human brain it’s becoming increasingly …
Here’s why narrators in fast food commercials have deep voices
Have you ever noticed that the voice-over on a fast food commercial is usually a guy, and that guy usually has a pretty deep voice? …
This drone timelapse video is a great way to spend the next 47 seconds
Shooting video from a drone can offer a unique look at the world, and that has helped drone videos become one of the most popular …
New photos show Saturn’s ‘flying saucer’ moon in all its glory
Just yesterday, NASA announced some incredibly amazing news about the Saturn moon called Enceladus, teasing the possibility that the frozen world could actually support life …
