Blood Pressure Medication Recalled Because It Gives You Cancer Instead
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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This Park Has A Flock Of Trained Birds That Clean Up After Lazy Humans
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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Dr. Eugene Parker Watches As NASA's Solar Probe That Carries His Name Begins Its Historic Mission
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 Still Hasn't Woken Up From A Mars Dust Storm, And Engineers Are Getting Nervous
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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Construction Crew In Florida Accidentally Stumbled Upon An Ancient Beast's Bones
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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How To Watch The Perseid Meteor Shower This Weekend
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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Scientists Finally Have A Suitable Explanation For Jupiter's Weirdly Colorful Bands
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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Black Widow Spiders Are Spreading North To Entirely New Areas
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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Ancient Human Ancestors Went Extinct Because They Were Lazy
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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Scientists Trained An AI To Write Poetry, And Now It's Standing Toe-To-Toe With Shakespeare
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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MIT Created A High-Tech Pill That Spews Glowing Bacteria Into Your Gut, For Science
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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Space Shuttle Astronaut Says He Thought He Saw An Alien In The Cargo Bay
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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People In Florida Are Paying Thousands Of Dollars To Be 'Buried' In An Underwater Graveyard
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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NASA Is About To Launch The Fastest Manmade Object Ever
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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Dinosaurs Were Sniffing Flowers Millions Of Years Before Humans Even Existed
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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This Meteorite Was Hiding A Mineral That Has Never Been Found On Earth
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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These Bizarre Ancient Creatures Looked Like Huge Aquatic Plants, But They Were Actually Animals
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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NASA's Historic Mission To 'Touch The Sun' Will Begin On Saturday
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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Jupiter's Moons Create Invisible 'Killer' Waves That Could Destroy Spacecraft
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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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…
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NASA's Curiosity Rover Just Celebrated Its Sixth Birthday, But It Didn't Sing Itself A Song
NASA's Mars Curiosity rover has been delivering all kinds of fantastic data and observations from the Martian surface since it landed back in 2012, and…
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Astronomers Discover Bizarre Rogue Planet Glowing With Auroras
When astronomers are searching the depths of space for new objects it's typically easier to find undiscovered planets if they're orbiting a star. That's because…
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Elon Musk Claims Scientists Are Wrong About Mars Terraforming, Says We Can Definitely Do It
Elon Musk has long had his sights set on an eventual goal of making Mars a more habitable planet. His dreams of manned SpaceX flights…
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Almond Milk Recalled For Containing Actual Milk
HP Hood, the company that produces the Vanilla Almond Breeze that is definitely not milk, has issued a recall of some half-gallon cartons as they're…
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Poop-Tained McDonald's Salads Have Now Made 395 People In 15 States Sick
The number of people affected by an outbreak of disease caused by tainted McDonald's salad has now grown to 395, according to the Center for Disease Control…
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Manned Space Flight Is Coming Back To The US, And These NASA Astronauts Will Fly The First Missions
After a years-long hiatus, manned space flight is coming back to the US, thanks to two private space companies. Boeing and SpaceX are both scheduled…
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Canada's New Radio Telescope Just Picked Up A Strange Signal From Deep Space
Canada's shiny new radio telescope is up and running, and it just heard something very, very odd coming from deep space. The Canadian Hydrogen Intensity…
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