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The Mysterious Magnetar WIth an Insanely Strong Magnetic Field

A team of scientists using the European Space Agency’s XMM-Newton space telescope have discovered a weird dead star , which hides one of the strongest magnetic fields in the Universe. The magnetar—a particular kind of neutron star—is called SGR 0418+5729, and is essentially the dead core of a once massive star that collapsed in on…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

New Cancer Treatment Kills the Bad Cells with Nanoparticles and Lasers

Fighting cancer is getting very 22nd century with the introduction of a new technique from researchers at the University of Georgia. The science of it gets a little bit complicated, but suffice it to say it’s pretty futuristic. Lasers and nanoparticles are involved. Coaxing the immune system into fighting cancer has long been an area…

Health Adam Clark Estes

How the Speed of Light was First Measured

The speed of light in a vacuum stands at “exactly 299,792,458 metres per second“. The reason today we can put an exact figure on it is because the speed of light in a vacuum is a universal constant that has been measured with lasers; and when an experiment involves lasers, it’s hard to argue with…

Space & Spaceflight Karl Smallwood - TodayIFoundOut.com

Mathematician Designs a Time Cloak That Uses Just Light and Mirrors

You know what the futurists are always saying: Time cloaks are so cool but they’re so complicated. And it’s true! What were you expecting from a device that literally hides moments in time? A Northwestern mathematician has just shown, though, it doesn’t have to be quite so hard after all. Miguel Lerma just published a…

Physics & Chemistry Adam Clark Estes

Watch the SpaceX Grasshopper Hop Into the Air and Fly Sideways

You’ve seen the SpaceX Grasshopper blast off, hover and land vertically. You’ve seen it fly higher than the Chrysler building and land vertically. Now you can see this innovative little rocket zoom 250 meters into the air and fly 100 meters sideways. You know what it does next? It lands vertically. https://gizmodo.com/watch-spacexs-grasshopper-hover-80-meters-in-the-air-5989978 The Grasshopper, of…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

Got Blood on the Brain? Shove This Clot Buster Up Your Nose

The odds of suffering an intracerebral (IC) hemorrhage during your lifetime (1 in 50) are almost as terrifying as the as the chances are that it will kill you (4 in 10) if it does happen. IC hemorrhages (and the edemas, or clots, they produce) account for 11 percent of all strokes, and are far…

Health Andrew Tarantola

Why Smoking a Bowl Makes You Tired and Lazy

Even as the body of evidence of cannabis’ potential as a potent medical precursor grows (especially with the development of CBD-rich strains), smoking it is not without long-term side effects. And we’re not just talking about munchie-induced weight gain, either. A number of recently published studies suggest habitually getting high not only kills your motivation,…

Health Andrew Tarantola

The U.S. Once Tried to Wrap a Ring of Copper Wire Around the Earth

The Cold War was a crazy time. With the space race happening on one front and an arms race happening on another, the United States was constantly looking for ways to gain an advantage over the Soviets and were limited only by our creativity. And boy did we get creative. In the early 1960s, a…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)

Deep down we all know we shouldn’t crank our music or listen to headphones with the volume really high, but we still do. And if you’ve ever wondered if years of hard rock has done any serious damage, here’s an easy way to find out. Over time what’s known as hair cells in your ears…

Health Andrew Liszewski

How Insanely Fast the ISS Moves, Visualized

The International Space Station orbits the Earth at 8 kilometers per second—but it’s tough to visualize just how fast that is. When you think about it in terms of how far the thing moves during the course of a song you know, though, you’ll be shocked. In today’s What If? post, Randall Munroe takes a…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

This Is How NASA Will 3D Print in Space

NASA recently announced that it plans to take a 3D printer into space in 2014—and now it wants you to see how it will work. https://gizmodo.com/nasa-is-taking-a-3d-printer-into-space-959371929 This video—complete with some awful music—shows off how astronauts will soon be able to print objects as they orbit Earth. Or, as astronaut Timothy Creamer puts it, how it…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Researchers Identify 12 Asteroids Close Enough for Space Mining

Common sense would suggest that humans would want to do everything possible to discourage the asteroids hurdling through solar system from heading towards Earth. But in the too-futuristic era of space rock mining that’s just not the case anymore. This was on the back of researchers’ minds when a team from the University of Strathclyde…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

How Often Do Astronauts Wash Their Clothes in Space?

It’s one of the most mundane tasks you probably undertake so, if you’re anything like me, you probably put off doing your laundry until the absolute last minute. But do astronauts do the same in space? This video from the European Space Agency answers a question that may never have crossed your mind, but one…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

This Stunning Spiral Galaxy Is Out There Right Now

No matter how wry your sense of humor or how pessimistic your outlook, you have to give into your human capacity for awe at some point. And it might as well be now because this photo is amazing. The spiral galaxy, M74, consists of about 100 billion stars and is 32 million light-years away if…

Space & Spaceflight Lily Hay Newman

Why Is the USDA Storing 700,000 Vials of Frozen Sperm in Colorado?

When a drive through America’s heartland showcases mile after mile of cow-filled field, it’s easy to overlook the most sobering of all possibilities. These wonderful delicious animals could all get wiped out one day, leaving the world burgerless and milk free. Don’t worry. The USDA is on the case. In Fort Collins, Colorado, there are…

Biology Adam Clark Estes

This Beautiful Hubble Image Solves a 40-Year Scientific Mystery

This image, captured by the Hubble Space Telescope, depicts the Magellanic Stream: a long ribbon of gas which stretches nearly halfway around our galaxy. But it also solves a 40-year mystery of where the damn thing came from, too. The image shows how the Large and Small Magellanic Clouds—two dwarf galaxies which orbit our very…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Scientists Have Created a Malaria Vaccine That’s 100% Effective

For the first time in history, scientists have completed successful human trials of a malaria vaccine that provides 100% protection against the often fatal disease. Currently, we have no truly effective method of protecting against malaria. Even the World Health Organization had only set their sights on a vaccine with an 80% efficacy rate—and they…

Health Ashley Feinberg

The Abandoned Nazi Train Station, Now an Underground Astroparticle Lab

The Canfranc International Railway Station and its adjoined hotel were the of epitome of transit glamour when it was first built in 1928. But a series of events—including being co-opted by the Nazis during WWII—led to its eventual demise and abandonment. Going from ritzy hotel to Nazi command center to abandoned ruin, the historic station…

Physics & Chemistry Ashley Feinberg

Behold the Glowing Glory of a Sunspot In Unprecedented Detail

When you stare at the sun it just looks like pain. But when the New Solar Telescope (NST) does, it can catch glimpses of truly mesmerizing solar activity, and all without going blind. Here, for example, is the most precise picture of a sunspot ever taken, in all its flaming glory. It’s like a solar…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Mars Astronaut Barbie Is Nice and All But She’s Going to Die in Space

Mattel is finally jumping aboard the mission to Mars with a new astronaut Barbie. This Mars Explorer edition features everything America’s favorite anatomically impossible wonderdoll would need to survive in space (except… gloves? no matter!), and that striped and sparkly hot pink suit sure looks snappy/gender-normative. But… Barbie? We’ve got some bad news. The problem,…

Space & Spaceflight Adam Clark Estes

The Mysterious Magnetar WIth an Insanely Strong Magnetic Field

New Cancer Treatment Kills the Bad Cells with Nanoparticles and Lasers

How the Speed of Light was First Measured

Mathematician Designs a Time Cloak That Uses Just Light and Mirrors

Watch the SpaceX Grasshopper Hop Into the Air and Fly Sideways

Got Blood on the Brain? Shove This Clot Buster Up Your Nose

Why Smoking a Bowl Makes You Tired and Lazy

The U.S. Once Tried to Wrap a Ring of Copper Wire Around the Earth

Test How Old Your Ears Are (And How Much Damage You’ve Done to Them)

How Insanely Fast the ISS Moves, Visualized

This Is How NASA Will 3D Print in Space

Researchers Identify 12 Asteroids Close Enough for Space Mining

How Often Do Astronauts Wash Their Clothes in Space?

This Stunning Spiral Galaxy Is Out There Right Now

Why Is the USDA Storing 700,000 Vials of Frozen Sperm in Colorado?

This Beautiful Hubble Image Solves a 40-Year Scientific Mystery

Scientists Have Created a Malaria Vaccine That’s 100% Effective

The Abandoned Nazi Train Station, Now an Underground Astroparticle Lab

Behold the Glowing Glory of a Sunspot In Unprecedented Detail

Mars Astronaut Barbie Is Nice and All But She’s Going to Die in Space

Ewan McGregor and Anne Hathaway’s Mystery’s Sci-Fi Film Has Its First Trailer

Scientists Just Found the Salt Limit That Pushes Your Heart to the Breaking Point

White House Social Media Just Had Its Covfefe Moment

Roborock F25 Ultra Steam Wet Dry Vacuum Is Now at Its Lowest Price, but Only During the Spring Sale Window

This $450 Semi-Dumb Phone Is Barely Even a Phone

Startup Successfully Ignites World’s First Fusion Rocket

Shokz OpenDots One Earbuds Hit Their Lowest Price Yet Across All Color Options, Including the New Ones

INIU Portable Power Bank Is Small in Size and Smaller in Price for Amazon’s Big Spring Sale (45W, 10,000mAh)

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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

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