When it comes to animals with iconic features, the turtle is high on the list. Deer have horns, kangaroos have pouches, humans have existential dread,…
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Getting into a close encounter with one of the most perfect predators on the planet is not an ideal situation for anyone, but that's exactly…
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An asteroid that may be as large as 500 feet wide is scheduled for a date with Earth tonight. The rock, called asteroid 2016 NF23,…
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NASA spends plenty of time peering into space, but it's also very interested in what's going on with our own planet. Earth's climate is shifting,…
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For someone just starting their career path, scoring at internship at a company or organization you admire can be pretty exciting. When that internship is…
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If you're sitting on the internet and reading this story instead of doing something more important that you KNOW you should be doing, I have…
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NASA astronauts who take trips to the International Space Station are obviously very dedicated to their work. They live aboard a massive floating laboratory for…
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A rare hurricane watch has been issued for parts of Hawaii as Hurricane Lane, a Category 4 storm, looks increasingly like it might hit some…
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Launching rockets into space is a dangerous, risky job for anyone. Doing so with a crew pod sitting on top complicates things even more, so…
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Today, the Earth is covered with life in countless forms, but four billion years ago there was no life on our rocky world. So, it…
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The Moon has captured the hearts and minds of humans for, well, pretty much as far back as we know. It appears each night like…
Read MoreIf you hope to one day wake up to the news that scientists have discovered a planet with alien life, the scientists working with the…
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The drone boom in the United States is being kept in check thanks to rapidly evolving laws surrounding the use of personal aircraft and the…
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We all might be anxiously awaiting the eventual launch of NASA's James Webb Space Telescope — which has been stuck in an endless series of…
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In case you haven't been keeping track of the plight of NASA's Opportunity rover, I'll get you caught back up: A dust storm covered Mars,…
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Despite what so many people would love to believe, NASA hasn't discovered any evidence of past or present intelligent life on Mars. So, when the…
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With all the incredible medical and technological advancements coming out of the scientific community these days you might not think that researchers would be spending…
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Fossilized tree sap, called amber, is an absolutely amazing substance. It lasts for an incredibly long time, and it has yielded some of the most…
Read MoreWe've all been taught from a very young age that the Earth has just one natural satellite. The Moon is there, it's easy to see…
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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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