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This Lucky Kid Has The Coolest Spaceship Bed Ever

If you thought racecar beds were cool, well, you’re still right. But they aren’t the coolest. That trophy’s been taken by this righteous homemade spaceship bed, complete with totally awesome control panel. That is one lucky kid. This fantastic imagination machine was built by Redditor and father JeremiahGorman for his son’s fifth birthday. The bed’s…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Explore the Universe From Your Couch With This Free, Stellar iBook

Happy holidays from space; there’s a new, free, astronomic e-book in the iTunes store and all you need to check it out is an iDevice and some time. Hubble Space Telescope: Discoveries boasts a collection of picture, video, and animation that lets you stare out into the beautiful void like never before. From the iTunes…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Male Peacocks Get Laid By Getting Laid

Duke University has studied the mating habits of peacocks to find out the logic behind why males make a noise called a “hoot dash” before they, you know, do it. And the reason turns out to be pretty funny: The best way for a dude peacock to attract a lady peacock is to first fornicate…

Biology Leslie Horn

The First Moon Walk Practices Looked Pretty Ridiculous

In 1963 no one had walked the moon, which meant that nobody knew what to expect when they go there. So astronauts had go through a battery of creative, zero-gravity training on Earth, much of which looked terrifically silly. Fortunately, someone was taking pictures. Years before they actually landed on the moon, astronauts like Buzz…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

This Weird Crystal Demonstrates a New Magnetic Behavior That Works Like Magic

Scientists at MIT just discovered an entirely new state of magnetism in which the polarity of particles is constantly fluctuating. The new state, called a quantum spin liquid, had been predicted by theories before, but to prove it, scientists had to grow this weird rock for 10 months. The crystal is a mineral called herbertsmithite,…

Physics & Chemistry Mario Aguilar

Healthy Holiday Portion Sizes Just Completely Ruined Christmas

It turns out that plan you made to eat smaller portions this Christmas in order to avoid a post-holiday bulge might not be enough. Because your definition of small is probably still a lot larger than what nutritionists consider a proper portion size. https://gizmodo.com/ignorance-is-bliss-when-it-comes-to-healthy-thanksgivin-5962584 Craving a shrimp cocktail? Better dig up a shot glass; five…

Health Andrew Liszewski

A Simple Handle Redesign Keeps This Mug Extra Clean

If you’ve ever debated the merits of storing a mug upside-down, or right side up, this brilliant redesign renders that discussion moot. When stored right side up, dust can easily collect inside a mug, and when stored upside down, the rim is touching a potentially dirty surface. But the angled handle of the Bevel Mug…

Health Andrew Liszewski

Do You Get Less Wet Walking or Running in the Rain?

It’s one of the more interesting thought experiments to ponder when you’re stuck inside on a dreary day, but Minute Physics finally breaks out the math and science to determine once and for all if walking or running through the rain will keep you the most dry. The answer ends up being the most obvious…

Physics & Chemistry Andrew Liszewski

These Massive Extinct Eagles Could Have Carried Off That Toddler’s Dad

Yesterday, a video supposedly showing a golden eagle swooping down to pluck a toddler from a Montreal park—it was unsuccessful, luckily—hit the internet. Great video! This morning, avian experts both amateur and professional began weighing in, saying the video was doctored, that the bird in question was not actually a golden eagle, that the bird’s…

Biology Dan Nosowitz - Popular Science

The Dark Side of Saturn

Do not adjust your monitors. Saturn hasn’t suddenly changed color; it’s just that Cassini’s latest shot of the ringed planet was taken in such low-light conditions that you’re looking at more than just the visible part of the electromagnetic spectrum. This image was captured by Cassini while the satellite was in Saturn’s shadow. The sun…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Our Last Manned Moon Mission Splashed Down 40 Years Ago Today

Contrary to the cries of conspiracy theorists, there was once a time when man traveled to the moon, and on this day in 1972, we made one last splashdown in the Pacific Ocean before cutting ties. Since then, mankind hasn’t traveled more than 400 miles above the Earth’s surface (the moon lies almost 240,000 miles…

Space & Spaceflight Ashley Feinberg

Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planet Close to Us

This is really exciting: an international team of astronomers has discovered that Tau Ceti, the closest single star like our Sun, has planets just like our solar system. But more importantly, one of these planets orbits in the habitable zone around the star. Tau Ceti is very close to Earth. It’s only 12 light-years away,…

Space & Spaceflight Jesus Diaz

These Awesome Dudes in Denmark Are Building Their Own Spaceship

So you want to go to space. You could wait indefinitely for Virgin to finish its project that will ferry people to the moon. You could save up your pennies to colonize Elon Musk’s future mars settlement. Or you could just say screw it and build your own damn spacecraft—like the guys behind Copenhagen Suborbitals,…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

What Is This? (Answer)

The mystery object is, in fact, the asteroid Toutatis. It was snapped last week by China’s Chang’e 2 probe when it flew by the lump of rock. The three-mile-long asteroid was 4.4 million miles from Earth when Chang’e 2 passed it by, missing the tumbling rock by just 2 miles. Chang’e 2 was originally sent…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

Scientifically Speaking, Would Following a Star Have Gotten Three Wise Men to Bethlehem?

Two thousand years ago, wise men of this world weren’t lucky enough to have GPS. In the Christmas story, then, the wise men chose to follow a star to navigate their way to Bethlehem—but, scientifically speaking, would that really have worked? Fortunately, Randall Munroe of XKCD has taken a look at the problem. As he…

Space & Spaceflight Jamie Condliffe

The University of Oxford Needs Your Help Playing Guess Who with the Serengeti’s Wildlife

Between the exotic illnesses, oppressive heat, and the fact that you’re no longer the top predator, studying the Serengeti National Reserves’ plethora of fauna is a challenge unto itself. However, through the University of Oxford’s most recent citizen scientist program, you can help researchers better understand the region’s complex web of interdependent animal systems. It’s…

Biology Andrew Tarantola

Watch NASA Livestream Its Two Lunar Satellites Slam Into the Moon Tonight (Update: Here We Go!)

Twin NASA orbiters Ebb and Flow have done a fantastic job of mapping lunar gravity at accuracy down to the micron, but that job is over now. The pair won’t get to go into any sort of retirement though; instead, tonight, they’ll fly straight into the moon. And NASA’s going to livestream it. Here’s where…

Space & Spaceflight Eric Limer

Drop Everything, Dog Space Suits Right Here

Most dogs who went to space didn’t make it back. A moment of silence please. But at least they went into orbit they got to wear special suits; here’s what they looked like. Dogs are awesome enough on Earth, and probably even more awesome in space. Too bad the suits they were issued by their…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room

Ever since learning about the Rubber Room and Blast Room deep below launch Pad 39A at Kennedy Space Center I had been hopeful that I would one day get to photograph this mysterious remnant of the Apollo Program. I had seen very few photos of this room online and by talking to friends at KSC…

Space & Spaceflight Walter Scriptunas II

That North Korean Satellite Is Probably Dead

Last week North Korea launched a satellite into orbit. But now, just a few days later, New York Times is reporting that it’s probably already dead. That didn’t take long. https://gizmodo.com/north-koreas-satellite-is-out-of-control-why-this-is-v-5968007 We knew that the satellite was out of control, but now radio astronomers are saying that they aren’t seeing any signals from the satellite.…

Space & Spaceflight Leslie Horn

This Lucky Kid Has The Coolest Spaceship Bed Ever

Explore the Universe From Your Couch With This Free, Stellar iBook

Male Peacocks Get Laid By Getting Laid

The First Moon Walk Practices Looked Pretty Ridiculous

This Weird Crystal Demonstrates a New Magnetic Behavior That Works Like Magic

Healthy Holiday Portion Sizes Just Completely Ruined Christmas

A Simple Handle Redesign Keeps This Mug Extra Clean

Do You Get Less Wet Walking or Running in the Rain?

These Massive Extinct Eagles Could Have Carried Off That Toddler’s Dad

The Dark Side of Saturn

Our Last Manned Moon Mission Splashed Down 40 Years Ago Today

Astronomers Discover Earth-Like Planet Close to Us

These Awesome Dudes in Denmark Are Building Their Own Spaceship

What Is This? (Answer)

Scientifically Speaking, Would Following a Star Have Gotten Three Wise Men to Bethlehem?

The University of Oxford Needs Your Help Playing Guess Who with the Serengeti’s Wildlife

Watch NASA Livestream Its Two Lunar Satellites Slam Into the Moon Tonight (Update: Here We Go!)

Drop Everything, Dog Space Suits Right Here

Inside NASA’s Mysterious Rubber Room

That North Korean Satellite Is Probably Dead

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

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Humans Were Already Dog People 16,000 Years Ago, DNA Suggests

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