Your Cat Is Safer Indoors, So Here Are 15 Ways to Keep Them Happy Inside
Cats have recently been on the tail-end of bad press, with recent research finding roaming pet cats kill 390 million animals per year in Australia. Most of them are native…
Here’s The Real Truth Behind That Viral ‘NASA Finds Parallel Universe’ Story
Every time tabloids and social media dramatically mishandle a science news story, the urge to unplug the internet and plug it back in again is excruciatingly strong. If you’ve heard…
Ancient Tooth Fragment Reveals The Oldest DNA Link Yet to Native Americans
It’s one of the most fascinating fields in anthropology: how and when did human beings first make it over to the Americas? Thanks to material scraped from a 14,000-year-old tooth…
Astronomers Have Just Detected a New Kind of Asteroid
We tend to think of asteroids and comets as pretty strictly delineated categories. Comets have long, looping orbits and are loaded up with volatile ices that sublimate, generating a dusty,…
Scientists Reveal a Proof-of-Concept Bionic Human Eye
Researchers say they’ve created a proof-of-concept bionic eye that could surpass the sensitivity of a human one. “In the future, we can use this for better vision prostheses and humanoid…
NASA Names The Next Space Telescope After The Brilliant ‘Mother of Hubble’
That breadth will help scientists test Albert Einstein’s general theory of relativity and search for signs of “dark energy,” a mysterious force that makes up 68 percent of the Universe…
Climate Change Is Turning Parts of Antarctica Green, But It’s Not Grass
Parts of the Antarctic Peninsula will change colour as “green snow” caused by blooming algae is expected to spread with increases in global temperatures, research showed Wednesday. Although often considered…
Video Shows Just How Crazy The Fuel Would Look if Space Rockets Were Transparent
I always remember hearing the comparison of how the Space Shuttle’s main engines would drain an average family swimming pool in under 25 seconds. Or that the Saturn V used…