Just being aboard the International Space Station seems like it would be a pretty stressful experience — I mean you're floating up there... in space…
Read MoreNASA's Opportunity rover is currently sitting quietly on Mars, not doing much of anything. It's been in a state of dormancy ever since a colossal…
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Cancer is a big problem for humans, but it also affects countless other species on our planet. Elephants, however, have demonstrated an amazing ability to…
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Sometime around a decade ago the graphical quality of video games reached a point that people referred to as the "uncanny valley." The term, which…
Read MoreMankind might be slowly destroying planet Earth, but there's also a chance we could be the ones to save it from ourselves. A group of…
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Do you ever just feel like you're in a social slump? It happens to all of us from time to time, and maybe you're feeling…
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SpaceX is just one of the companies currently racing to become the first to deliver a manned flight solution to NASA, and at its latest…
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Over the decades, Utah has proven to be a real hotspot for fossil hunters, and it just yielded yet another amazing find. There in the…
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If you're on a drug for high blood pressure or heart failure, it's pretty likely that you're doing your best to keep your body in…
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For the most part, humans are lazy slobs. We leave our trash just about everywhere — including the farthest reaches of the ocean and even…
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When NASA launched the Parker Solar Probe on Sunday it was the beginning of a mission that will break new ground in Sun research. The…
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NASA's Opportunity rover has had an incredible career already, spending years upon years studying the Martian surface and proving to be an incredibly reliable and…
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This time of year many people flock to Florida in search of sunny beaches and Mickey Mouse, but the city of Cape Coral is now…
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The Perseid meteor shower is one of the astronomic highlights of any year, and luckily for those of us slaving away in front of a…
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Of all the planets in our Solar System, Jupiter is probably the most interesting to look at. It's just a big ball of fast-moving gasses…
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One of the many side effects of climate change is the gradual shift in territories of some species. Most animals have certain temperature thresholds that…
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In news that should surprise absolutely no one, scientists now believe an ancient ancestor of modern humans died off because they were too lazy for…
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If science fiction has taught us anything it's that artificial intelligence will one day lead to the downfall of the entirety of mankind. That day…
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For all the ultra-powerful technology that doctors have at their disposal, it's still shockingly difficult to see what's actually happening inside the human body. Sure,…
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NASA astronauts are usually pretty dismissive of conspiracy theorist claims of aliens hanging out around Earth. You see a lot of weird stuff when you're…
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Making plans for what will happen to you after your death is always kind of weird, whether you believe in an afterlife or not. Where…
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You've already heard plenty about the Parker Solar Probe over the past year or so, and with good reason. It's NASA's long-planned attempt to "Touch…
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You don't normally think of dinosaurs doing the kinds of things that modern animals might do — like taking a nap in a grassy field…
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Humans have been on Earth for long enough that we have a pretty darn good idea of what our planet is made of. Scientists have…
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Fossil hunting isn't quite as cut-and-dry as you might think it is. Finding the leftovers of a creature that lived a hundred million years ago…
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It's been a long time coming, but NASA's Parker Solar Probe is finally just days away from its historic launch towards the star that hosts…
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Here on Earth, electromagnetic waves around the planet are typically pretty calm. When the Sun fires a burst of charged particles at the Earth we…
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