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The Moon Might Be Littered With Fossils From Ancient Earth

Earth is an unforgiving place. Volcanoes erupt, rivers erode, continents break up—it’s a small miracle every time a millions-of-years-old creature is found fossilized in rock. By comparison, the moon is dead and lifeless; astronaut footprints will be preserved forever in moon dust. So it’s the moon that could hold the secrets to life on ancient…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

This Is What The Inside of a Shark Fin Looks Like

“As we were cutting it open, we found these long, sort of noodle-like pieces. They’re clear and a little bendy and running all along the shark fin, held together by this tissue. From the top it looks like a bee’s honeycomb.” Find out why a thirteen year old girl and her mother, a Johns Hopkins…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Performance Food: Bison Liver Pate

Want a pre-workout snack that gives you a visceral energy boost and is packed full of protein, vitamins, minerals and healthy fats? It might sound fancy, but Bison Liver Pate is cheap and easy to make. And damn good. I guess the first thing you need to understand about this recipe is the whole high…

Health Wes Siler

Why Russia Was Studying Space Lizard Sex In the First Place

For a brief moment, the internet was captivated by the thought of geckos copulating madly in a lost Russian satellite. Russia has since regained control of its lizard-sex orbiter, but the whole episode has gifted us an opportunity to consider a topic of extremely legitimate scientific interest. Namely, lizard sex in space. The formerly lost…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

How the “10 Percent of Our Brains” Myth Started (And Why It’s Wrong)

Morgan Freeman can make anything sound legit no matter scientifically implausible. In Lucy for example, which premiered last Friday, his character cites the “fact” that humans only use about 10 percent of our brain’s resources. This is very, very wrong! But why does it keep getting tossed around? And how much of our brains are…

Health Andrew Tarantola

How This ISS Fireball Revealed a New Type of Cool, Invisible Flame

Remember that flame burst recorded by an astronaut aboard the ISS? Well, it wasn’t just for the fireworks. In fact, that great ball of fire led to the discovery of a previously unknown type of cool-burning flame that isn’t even visible to the naked eye. We all marveled at the incredible-looking Vine published by astronaut…

Space & Spaceflight Kelsey Campbell-Dollaghan

Opportunity Rover’s Record-Breaking Mars Drive, Mapped

The Opportunity rover landed on Mars way back in 2004. Now, NASA reports that it’s clocked up 25.01 miles of driving on the Red Planet—setting a record for the longest distance a vehicle has driven outside Earth. https://gizmodo.com/what-a-rover-looks-like-after-a-decade-on-mars-1509484587 Opportunity snatches the titles from the previous best, the Soviet Union’s Lunokhod 2 rover, which drove 24.2…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Are Smart Drugs Really That Smart?

Are we asking the right questions about smart drugs? Marek Kohn looks at what they can do for us – and what they can’t. “You know how they say that we can only access 20 per cent of our brain?” says the man who offers stressed-out, blank-screened ‘writer’ Eddie Morra a fateful pill in the…

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No One Knows What’s Causing These Mysterious Radio Bursts From Space

Back in 2007, astronomers detected an incredibly brief, incredibly strong radio wave burst in Australia. And now, on the opposite side of the world, astronomers have detected a second blast of similar proportions. Meaning that A) the first one wasn’t a fluke, and B) we have absolutely no idea what’s causing them. This second ultrafast…

Space & Spaceflight Ashley Feinberg

We’ll Never Be Able To Collect Data This In-Depth On Lemurs Ever Again

Meet Hiddleston. The blue-eyed black lemur was born at the Duke Lemur Center in March 2013. Since then, Duke researchers and students have recorded every detail of his life in their logbooks. Now, the Lemur Center is setting that data free, along with data for 3599 other lemurs that have called North Carolina their home.…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Is Cannibalism Unhealthy or Just Awful?

If, say, a human ate another human in an apocalyptic scenario, would it be unhealthy? Or gross? Or just generally awful? It would, in fact, be all kinds of bad. Allows us to explain how. Unhealthy For the Devourer Depending on what parts are eaten (the most infected include the brain, spinal cord, bone marrow…

Health Melissa - TodayIFoundOut.com

A New Pure Lithium Battery Could Double Your Phone’s Life

Virtually all of your gadgets tote lithium ion batteries—but while they’re the best you can hope for at the moment, new engineering means that pure lithium batteries are now a possibility, and they could double the life of your phone. All batteries have three basic parts: an electrolyte to provide electrons, an anode to discharge…

Physics & Chemistry Jamie Condliffe

Phew! Russians Regain Control of Rogue Lizard-Sex Satellite

According the Russian space agency Roscosmos, control of the Russia’s lust lost lizard-sex satellite was regained on Saturday night, of all times. Surely the love-struck lizards were being of no help. Russian officials estimate that 90 percent of the experiments on the satellite should still be sitting pretty, and that includes the five randy geckos…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

A Tantalizing Tidbit of Science Trivia

Rumour is we recently passed a threshold where we have now found as many celestial objects as there are people who were ever born. Sounds weirdly true. But is it a myth or fact? I decided to investigate. Top image: Hubble has found a whole lot of galaxies while looking at nothing in particular. At…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon

Here Are The First Wolf Pups in the Cascade Mountains Since The 1940s

Remember the “wandering wolf,” OR-7, who traveled from Oregon to California and back while wearing a GPS collar? The US Fish and Wildlife Service discovered that he’s now a proud dad to at least three pups, thanks to some camera trap photos. http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/lanow/2012/03/lone-gray-wolf-returns-to-oregon-after-two-months-in-california.html Above: One of OR-7’s cubs. The pups are also historic; OR-7 and…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

NASA Advocates for Mars Mission to a Packed Room at Comic-Con

NASA’s mission to Mars panel at Comic-Con today was jam packed with space-loving geeks. Retired astronaut and living legend Buzz Aldrin left everyone in awe, while the rest of the panel gushed enthusiastically about the “Next Giant Leap” to Mars. Top image: The first Giant Leap was Apollo 11 landing astronauts on the moon. The…

Space & Spaceflight Mika McKinnon

How Wildlife Decline Leads to Slavery and Terrorism

The harvest of wild animals each year injects more than $400 billion dollars into the world economy. That harvest provides 15% of the planet’s human population with a livelihood. It’s the primary source of animal protein for more than a billion of our species. It’s also led to piracy, slavery, and terrorism. The over-harvest of…

Biology Jason G. Goldman

Declassified: The Government’s Secret Plan For a Military Moon Base

More than 50 years ago, before man had ever stepped foot on the moon, the U.S. government hatched a plan whose ambitions were exceeded only by its total unfeasibility: A secret, self-sustaining, Soviet-shaming military moon base. The delightfully extensive 1960 study, dubbed Project Horizon, was just released earlier this week by The National Security Archive.…

Space & Spaceflight Ashley Feinberg

A Russian Lizard Sex Satellite Is Out of Control in Orbit

It began as just another chapter in humanity’s ongoing fascination of sending weird shit into space, then things spiraled out of control. Right now an orbital satellite filled with geckos flies more than 200 miles above our heads. But this isn’t a slapstick preamble to some clever car insurance commercial, these geckos are in space…

Space & Spaceflight Darren Orf

The 5 Massive New Telescopes That Will Change Astronomy Forever

The biggest building boom in the history of astronomy is upon us. In Chile and Hawaii and in space, astronomers are getting powerful telescopes that dwarf the current state-of-the-art instruments. When the mountain blasting and the mirror polishing are all done, we will have the clearest and most detailed views of outer space ever. This…

Space & Spaceflight Sarah Zhang

The Moon Might Be Littered With Fossils From Ancient Earth

This Is What The Inside of a Shark Fin Looks Like

Performance Food: Bison Liver Pate

Why Russia Was Studying Space Lizard Sex In the First Place

How the “10 Percent of Our Brains” Myth Started (And Why It’s Wrong)

How This ISS Fireball Revealed a New Type of Cool, Invisible Flame

Opportunity Rover’s Record-Breaking Mars Drive, Mapped

Are Smart Drugs Really That Smart?

No One Knows What’s Causing These Mysterious Radio Bursts From Space

We’ll Never Be Able To Collect Data This In-Depth On Lemurs Ever Again

Is Cannibalism Unhealthy or Just Awful?

A New Pure Lithium Battery Could Double Your Phone’s Life

Phew! Russians Regain Control of Rogue Lizard-Sex Satellite

A Tantalizing Tidbit of Science Trivia

Here Are The First Wolf Pups in the Cascade Mountains Since The 1940s

NASA Advocates for Mars Mission to a Packed Room at Comic-Con

How Wildlife Decline Leads to Slavery and Terrorism

Declassified: The Government’s Secret Plan For a Military Moon Base

A Russian Lizard Sex Satellite Is Out of Control in Orbit

The 5 Massive New Telescopes That Will Change Astronomy Forever

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

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The Moon Might Be Littered With Fossils From Ancient Earth

This Is What The Inside of a Shark Fin Looks Like

​Performance Food: Bison Liver Pate

Why Russia Was Studying Space Lizard Sex In the First Place

How the “10 Percent of Our Brains” Myth Started (And Why It’s Wrong)

How This ISS Fireball Revealed a New Type of Cool, Invisible Flame

Opportunity Rover’s Record-Breaking Mars Drive, Mapped

Are Smart Drugs Really That Smart?

No One Knows What’s Causing These Mysterious Radio Bursts From Space

We’ll Never Be Able To Collect Data This In-Depth On Lemurs Ever Again

Is Cannibalism Unhealthy or Just Awful?

A New Pure Lithium Battery Could Double Your Phone’s Life

Phew! Russians Regain Control of Rogue Lizard-Sex Satellite

A Tantalizing Tidbit of Science Trivia

Here Are The First Wolf Pups in the Cascade Mountains Since The 1940s

NASA Advocates for Mars Mission to a Packed Room at Comic-Con

How Wildlife Decline Leads to Slavery and Terrorism

Declassified: The Government’s Secret Plan For a Military Moon Base

A Russian Lizard Sex Satellite Is Out of Control in Orbit

The 5 Massive New Telescopes That Will Change Astronomy Forever

Trump Says He’ll Sign Order to Pay TSA

Deadpool Will Deface ‘Magic: The Gathering’ Classics for a New Secret Lair

Apple’s Siri Isn’t Just Going to Use One Chatbot. It’s Going to Use All of Them

Why ‘For All Mankind’ Season 5 Is the Key to the Rest of the Series

ASUS ZenScreen 15.6-Inch Portable Monitor Is Now Cheaper Than Black Friday in Amazon’s Big Spring Sale

Early Wildfires Are Surging Across the US—and Trump’s New Fire Agency Isn’t Ready

INIU Brings Another Power Bank to the Spring Sale as SnapGo Keychain Portable Charger Drops to Its Lowest Price

Attorney Hit With Historic Fine for Citing AI-Generated Cases

Sonos Play Review: Call It a Comeback

Sonos Era 100 SL Review: The Cheapest Way Into Wired Sonos Sound

Asus ROG’s Massive Swift OLED Gaming Monitor Epitomizes Excess in the Best Way

The Ikea Varmblixt Smart Lamp Fills a Donut Hole in My Life

Nothing Headphone A vs. Headphone 1: Which Pair of ANC Wireless Headphones Wins?

Asus ROG’s Cetra Open Wireless Gaming Earbuds Might Be Better Than Wearing a Headset

Nintendo’s Talking Flower Is Annoying as Hell. I Love It

Level Lock Pro Review: As Good as a Secret Smart Lock Gets

Let us help find what you are looking for...

Performance Food: Bison Liver Pate