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What’s the Best Airplane Snack?

Flying is objectively horrible. We let the magic of heavier-than-air transport cloud the fact that we pay hundreds of dollars to be squeezed into spaces too small for comfort so we can be treated like shit and spew greenhouse gas into the sky. Unless we’re rich or flying across the world, we usually don’t even…

Tech News Ryan F. Mandelbaum

You Only Have Yourself to Blame If a Bird Attacks You

Birds are generally smarter than you think they are. And if you mess with their babies, they WILL attack. There has been a recent uptick in reports of bird-on-human attacks, according to a recent Wall Street Journal article. The birds probably aren’t growing more aggressive—humans are just encroaching on their habitats. But yes, you should…

Biology Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Physicists Wonder: Why Has No One Been Killed by Dark Matter?

The fact that no one has died from being struck by dark matter is enough proof to rule out certain ideas about the mysterious stuff, according to one new theory paper. There’s a conundrum facing physicists: Most of the universe’s mass appears to be missing, based on observations of the universe’s structure, how galaxies move,…

Physics & Chemistry Ryan F. Mandelbaum

FDA: Big Penis Comes With a Hidden Surprise

If you use a supplement called Big Penis, you should know that it contains an unexpected (or very expected?) ingredient. Big Penis capsules secretly contain sildenafil, also known by the brand name Viagra, according to the FDA. “The Food and Drug Administration is advising consumers not to purchase or use Big Penis, a product promoted…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Menstrual Cups Are Indeed a Safe Alternative to Tampons and Pads, Research Review Finds

People who prefer using menstrual cups during their period can be reassured by a new study out this week. It suggests the products are cost-effective and environmentally friendly compared to tampons and pads, while still being safe and able to provide roughly the same level of protection against leakage. But there needs to be more…

Health Ed Cara

Joshua Trees Are Being Wiped Out by Climate Change

Climate change is set to kill off most of our nation’s Joshua trees by the end of the century, according to a recent study. While some Joshua trees will hang on if humans rapidly lower their carbon emissions, if no action is taken to stop climate change we’ll lose nearly all of these iconic spiky…

Climate Change Yessenia Funes

Breathtaking Simulation Recreates Neil Armstrong’s View of the Apollo 11 Landing

Choppy video taken by a camera next to Buzz Aldrin’s window is the only visual record we have of the first Moon landing. Using archival data and new high-res images, a team from NASA has recreated the Apollo 11 landing, showing Neil Armstrong’s perspective for the very first time. The visual record of the Apollo 11…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Here Are the Bad Things NASA Thought Might Happen to the First Astronauts on the Moon

Fifty years ago this week, humankind landed on the Moon for the first time. It was one of the most impressive technological feats ever pulled off, filled with peril and uncertainty. Given that, it’s fair to wonder just what exactly NASA scientists were worried could have happened to the astronauts during and after their lunar…

Space & Spaceflight Ed Cara

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says It’s Created Brain-Reading ‘Threads,’ Surgical Robot That Inserts Them

On Tuesday evening in San Francisco, SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk finally shed some light on what Neuralink, his company that has raised $158 million to develop “ultra high bandwidth brain-machine interfaces to connect humans and computers,” has been up to since its launch in 2017. In the livestreamed announcement, Musk expressed his long-held…

Health Tom McKay

This Asteroid Will Not Hit Earth

Breaking news for all you doomsday lovers out there: The 20-50 meter asteroid 2006 QV8 will NOT hit the Earth on September 9th. There was a one in 7,000 chance (this is fleetingly small) that asteroid 2006 QV89 would impact Earth in two months, according to a European Space Agency and European Southern Observatory release.…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Self-Taught AI Masters Rubik’s Cube Without Human Help

Fancy algorithms capable of solving a Rubik’s Cube have appeared before, but a new system from the University of California, Irvine uses artificial intelligence to solve the 3D puzzle from scratch and without any prior help from humans—and it does so with impressive speed and efficiency. New research published this week in Nature Machine Intelligence…

Artificial Intelligence George Dvorsky

Some Edible Insects Beat Orange Juice and Olive Oil in Antioxidant Test

New research has demonstrated that edible insects are high in antioxidants—and whether or not you buy into the health benefits of eating antioxidants, it’s an important finding from a nutrition perspective. Around a third of the world eats insects. They’re a protein-rich, potentially environmentally friendly alternative to chicken, pork, and beef. But a team of…

Health Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Another Thing Killing Coral Reefs: Our Poop

It’s no secret that corals are dying at an alarming rate. While climate change heating up the oceans is understood to be screwing over corals, a new study points fingers at a different culprit: pollution. Published in the journal Marine Biology Monday, the study used 30 years’ worth of data to conclude that nutrient pollution…

Earth Science Yessenia Funes

SpaceX Says a Faulty Valve Triggered Crew Dragon Explosion

Investigators looking into the cause of the SpaceX Crew Dragon explosion back in April are now blaming a faulty valve for the anomaly, which allowed leaking fuel to come into contact with titanium. Officials with SpaceX say they’ve already got a fix, but it’s still not clear when the company will be able to resume…

Space & Spaceflight George Dvorsky

Scientists Find a New Kind of Cell That Helps Heal the Heart

The human body has plenty of nifty tricks to keep itself alive for as long as possible, and scientists still haven’t come close to figuring them all out. Case in point, a team of researchers this week describe a previously unknown type of cell near the heart that helps it heal from injury. The discovery…

Health Ed Cara

How to Infiltrate Area 51 Like a Pro

Amid renewed interest in UFOs following a series of articles detailing strange sightings by U.S. military pilots—and recognitions of those concerns by the Navy—over 1.2 million have signed up for a “Storm Area 51, They Can’t Stop All of Us” Facebook event slated for Sept. 20, 2019. Attendees are asked to breach security at the…

Tech News Tom McKay

Judge Slashes Payout in Roundup Lawsuit, But Calls Monsanto’s Conduct ‘Reprehensible’

A federal judge in one of the lawsuits between pharmaceutical giant AG Bayer, which bought agrochemical giant Monsanto in 2018, and plaintiffs who claim its Roundup herbicide caused their cancer has slashed an $80 million payout, Reuters reported on Monday. According to Reuters, U.S. District Judge Vince Chhabria in San Francisco found that while evidence…

Earther Tom McKay

Scientists Develop Material to Create Habitable Areas on Mars

Mars’ surface, as far as we can tell, is not habitable to humans—it’s far too cold. But eventually, humanity would like to put an outpost on the planet. That will require warming things up a bit, but how? Scientists now propose using an insulating material called silica aerogel to make parts of the Martian surface…

Space & Spaceflight Ryan F. Mandelbaum

Radiation Levels at the Marshall Islands Remain Disturbingly High

An analysis of soil samples, ocean sediment, and fruits from the Marshall Islands—the site of nearly 70 nuclear weapons tests during the 1940s and 1950s—has revealed alarmingly high levels of radiation, with some regions at levels exceeding areas affected by the Fukushima and Chernobyl disasters. From 1946 to 1958, the United States conducted 67 nuclear…

Physics & Chemistry George Dvorsky

Swatting a Fly Without Killing It May Cause It Pain for the Rest of Its Life, Study Finds

Barely missing a fatal slap at a bothersome fly might be a headache for both of you, according to new research from scientists at the University of Sydney. They say they’ve found evidence that insects are capable of feeling chronic pain after an injury, much like we do. What’s more, studying why and how insects…

Biology Ed Cara

What’s the Best Airplane Snack?

You Only Have Yourself to Blame If a Bird Attacks You

Physicists Wonder: Why Has No One Been Killed by Dark Matter?

FDA: Big Penis Comes With a Hidden Surprise

Menstrual Cups Are Indeed a Safe Alternative to Tampons and Pads, Research Review Finds

Joshua Trees Are Being Wiped Out by Climate Change

Breathtaking Simulation Recreates Neil Armstrong’s View of the Apollo 11 Landing

Here Are the Bad Things NASA Thought Might Happen to the First Astronauts on the Moon

Elon Musk’s Neuralink Says It’s Created Brain-Reading ‘Threads,’ Surgical Robot That Inserts Them

This Asteroid Will Not Hit Earth

Self-Taught AI Masters Rubik’s Cube Without Human Help

Some Edible Insects Beat Orange Juice and Olive Oil in Antioxidant Test

Another Thing Killing Coral Reefs: Our Poop

SpaceX Says a Faulty Valve Triggered Crew Dragon Explosion

Scientists Find a New Kind of Cell That Helps Heal the Heart

How to Infiltrate Area 51 Like a Pro

Judge Slashes Payout in Roundup Lawsuit, But Calls Monsanto’s Conduct ‘Reprehensible’

Scientists Develop Material to Create Habitable Areas on Mars

Radiation Levels at the Marshall Islands Remain Disturbingly High

Swatting a Fly Without Killing It May Cause It Pain for the Rest of Its Life, Study Finds

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