A Colossal Asteroid Will Cruise By Earth Today, And You'll Actually Be Able To See It
The asteroid known as Florence is going to make a relatively close shave of Earth today, speeding past our planet closer than it has since…
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Spare A Thought For Voyager 1 And 2, Which Have Been Hurtling Through Space For 40 Years
In late August and early September of 1977, NASA sent two messengers into space. Their extended mission, to travel as far away from Earth as…
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Stop Blaming The Sun For Global Warming
The Earth is getting warmer and warmer, and scientists are now essentially unanimous in their opinion that humans are to blame, but could other factors…
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These Hovering Gyro-Busses Could Be The Future Of Transportation
It's become pretty clear that flying cars aren't going to be a thing for a long, long time, so how exactly are modern cities going…
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Astronaut Pee Could Be Turned Into Plastics
Astronauts are masters at recycling, and the brave space farers aboard the International Space Station already repurpose urine and the humidity they exhale into drinking…
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This Ancient Tablet Might Rewrite This History Of Math As We Know It
Thankfully, very few of us have to bother with trigonometry on a daily basis, but regardless of how much you may have dreaded studying it…
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The Unexplained Sinking Of A Civil War Submarine Finally Has An Answer
A Civil War mystery that has held strong for over 130 years finally has an answer. The sinking of the combat submarine H.L. Hunley, resulting…
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Stronger-Than-Steel 'Unbreakable' Rubber Bands May Be On The Way
It's hard to argue with the simplicity and design of a rubber band. I mean, it has a million uses, but at the end of…
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'Diamond Rain' Proven Possible On Uranus And Neptune
Following up on a long-held theory that intense pressure within the ice giants of our solar system could lead to "diamond rain," researchers were able…
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Don't Throw Your Eclipse Glasses Away - Do This Instead
For months and months, countless eclipse-viewing hopefuls have been buying up special protective shades so that they could gaze skyward on August 21st and enjoy…
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The ISS Delivers A View Of The Solar Eclipse You Just Have To See
Now that all the eclipse hype has died down you probably think it's time to move on with your boring old non-eclipse life and get…
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How To Watch Today's Solar Eclipse Live On Any Device
The opportunity to check out a total solar eclipse can be a once-in-a-lifetime kind of thing, but not everyone will be in a position to…
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Nine-Year-Old Boy Gets Closer To Scoring NASA's Planetary Protection Gig Than You Ever Will
Unless you're a seasoned NASA engineer with knowledge of planetary protection protocols and the guidelines that astronauts and scientists much adhere to in order to…
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Scientists Remotely Hacked A Brain, Controlling Body Movements
Imagine someone remotely controlling your brain, forcing your body's central processing organ to send messages to your muscles that you didn't authorize. It's an incredibly…
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This Live Map Shows Lightning Strikes All Over The World In Real-Time
Everyone loves a good thunderstorm, but they can be hard to come by depending on where you live. If seeing a storm unfold as it…
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Scientists Invent Self-Healing Robots, Ushering Forth The End Of Mankind
If mankind's own creations one day rise up to take control of the planet and turn us all into batteries or something, you can bet…
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Scientists Solve Mystery Of 'Frankenstein Dinosaur'
A dinosaur that puzzled researchers thanks to the incredibly puzzling design of its body finally has its place in history thanks to a team of…
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DJI Scrambles To Fix Drone 'Cyber Vulnerability,' Adds Offline Data Mode For Security
Chinese drone maker DJI is rolling out a new "local data mode" in an effort to bulk up the security of its hardware in the…
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Two-Bodied, Eight-Legged Pig Born In China As The End Times Draw Nearer
Waking up to news of rogue nations arming themselves with long-range nuclear missiles, nazis marching in the United States, and global warming altering the world's…
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Evolution Gave This Ancient Beast A Weird Face Because It Kept Ramming Into Stuff
Moschops capensis was a weird looking animal. When it roamed the Earth some 260 million years ago its goofy stance and wide body would have…
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South Carolina Warns Citizens Of 'Lizard Man' Sightings During Solar Eclipse
The South Carolina Emergency Management Division (SCEMD) is warning citizens in several of its counties to be vigilant of paranormal activity associated with the upcoming…
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A House-Sized Asteroid Will Come 'Damn Close' To Earth In October
Asteroid TC4 is a name you're going to hear a lot of in the coming weeks, and its remarkably close flyby of Earth will be…
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Scientists Finally Give The Biggest Dinosaur That Ever Lived A Name
There's a new king of the dinosaurs. Researchers working with bones found half a decade ago in Argentina have finally classified and named the new…
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How To Survive A Nuclear Attack In Your Area
North Korea might have nuclear-tipped ballistic missiles at its disposal, and the President of the United States is talking smack to its leader like some…
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Teen's Feet Mangled By Carnivorous 'Sea Lice'
Everyone knows the ocean can be a dangerous place, what with all those giant squid roaming about and all, but sometimes it's the things you…
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Elon Musk Offers Glimpse Of 'World's Most Powerful Rocket' Ahead Of November Launch
SpaceX the most promising private spaceflight startup on the planet, with several high-profile launches under its belt and an impressive success rate when it comes…
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This Is America's Giant Fighting Robot That Will Take On Japan And China
It's been several years now since the United States vowed to decimate Japan in a robot battle for the ages, and with months and months…
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