Isotopes Mars was once an ocean-covered planet with a thick atmosphere like Earth’sDigital Trends Today Mars is a cold, arid desert. But billions of years ago, it could have been a lush planet covered in surface water, not so different from Earth. …
Flying Here's why planes fly at 36,000 feetTravel + Leisure - Andrea RomanoIt’s a common situation for travelers. You fasten your seat belt, listen to the pre-flight safety demonstration (we hope), and prepare yourself for takeoff. After a few moments, the pilot comes on the
Play buttonThe Avengers This High School Dance Team's Avengers Routine Is So Good, I've Got It on ReplayPOPSUGAR - Karenna MeredithA year after their viral Harry Potter dance routine, the students of Arizona's Walden Grove high school are at it again with some incredible Avengers-themed homecoming choreography. The talented PAC dance
Hummingbirds 15 Ways Hummingbirds Are Even Weirder Than You ThinkPopular Mechanics - By Emily ShifferHumans have been hypnotized by hummingbirds ever since we arrived in the New World. The tiny creatures have a cult following, with many people placing feeders with bright red nectar in their yards to a
History The finding of the oldest human skull changes evolution scienceQuartz - Hester HanegraefThe recent discovery of a 3.8m-year-old cranium (skull without the lower jaw) is the hottest topic of conversation among palaeoanthropologists right now. But fossils are found all the time, so why is cranium
Mobile Technology The weird, repeating signals from deep space just tripledCNET - Eric Mack Fast radio bursts are getting more attention from scientists, who can now detect more of them.
Play buttonGalaxies Master plan of the universe revealed in new galaxy mapsNBC News - By Corey S. PowellIn the renderings, our Milky Way galaxy is a tiny speck in the midst of other galaxies and colossal voids. Brent Tully knows where you live and where you’re going — in the cosmic sense, that is. At the
Play button Spacecraft designed to ride on sunlight deploys its reflective solar sailThe Verge - Loren GrushOn July 23rd, a tiny spacecraft in orbit around Earth unfurled a thin sheet of mylar that’s the area of a boxing ring. The result is a reflective sail that rides not on wind, but on light from the Sun
Watch SpaceX catch a rocket fairing on a ship at sea after it returns from spaceTechCrunch - Darrell EtheringtonSpaceX managed another first for its reusable rocketry efforts during its most recent launch when it caught part of the fairing in a giant net mounted on a boat named ‘Ms. Tree.’ The nosecone component,
Astronomers Have Decoded a Weird Signal Coming from a Strange, 3-Body Star SystemLive Science - Rafi Letzter Once or twice a day, a strange object in the Milky Way blinks at us. Now, astronomers think they know why. The object is called NGTS-7, and to most …
Neither researchers nor the media can put down the world's most mysterious book – and it's a problem for scienceThe Conversation UK - Gordon Rugg Unless you’re an expert in medieval language, you’d probably have a hard time understanding a book from the era. But one text has even the world’s …
Plastic Humans have made 8.3bn tons of plastic since 1950. This is the illustrated story of where it's goneGuardian US - Susie Cagle in San Francisco Until recently we didn’t know how much plastic was piling up around us. When we found out, the picture wasn’t pretty
The Soul of an Octopus: How One of Earth’s Most Alien Creatures Illuminates the Wonders of ConsciousnessBrain Pickings by Maria Popova - Maria Popova“While stroking an octopus, it is easy to fall into reverie. To share such a moment of deep tranquility with another being, especially one as different from us as the octopus, is a humbling privilege…
Solar System Gorgeous 'Atlas of Space' Smashes the Textbook View of the Solar Systemspace.com - Brandon Specktor In most maps of the solar system, you can expect to see the eight canonical planets (plus whatever Pluto is at the moment) trailing the fiery orange …
Dutch Artists Paint Giant Bookcase On An Apartment Building Featuring Residents' Favorite Booksboredpanda.com - Sofie Tapia While many street artists choose abandoned buildings and old train tracks as the canvases for their explosive masterpieces, Dutch street artist Jan …
Play buttonOctopuses Inky the octopus escapes from aquarium through a drainpipe to the seatreehugger.com - Melissa Breyer In a tale of intrigue and derring-do, the crafty cephalopod slipped out of his enclosure and found his way to freedom. Houdini would be proud. Inky …
Oreos YouTuber gets 15 month prison sentence, $22,000 fine for toothpaste-filled OreosTechCrunch - Brian HeaterYouTube star Kanghua Ren was just handed a 15 month prison sentence and 20,000 euro ($22,300) fine for a January 2017 video. The video, which generated widespread outrage online, found Ren giving a homeless
iPhone Apple's iPhone Fold Designs Take Shape In New PatentsForbes - Gordon KellyApple has three new iPhones coming later this year and their contentious designs are already well known. But the company is also openly working on a far more ambitious device and now it is quickly taking
Startups CoinBits launches as a passive investment app for bitcoinTechCrunch - Jonathan ShieberErik Finman is a twenty-something bitcoin maximalist as famous for his precocity as he is for his $12 bet on the currency a few years ago. Now, Finman, who built his first company while still in high is
Extraterrestrial Organic Matter Found in 3.3-Billion-Year-Old Volcanic RockGizmodo - Ryan F. Mandelbaum Geologists in France and Italy have spotted what appear to be organic molecules from outer space in 3.3-billion-year-old rocks in South Africa, …
Healthy Living A brilliant dish soap hack to clean white sneakers | Well+GoodWell+Good - by Rachel Lapidos Pretty much every person I know owns at least one pair of white sneakers. And when I’m walking down the streets of New York City, dozens if not …
Play button SpaceX Launches 60 Starlink Internet Satellites Into OrbitThe New York Times - By KENNETH CHANGOn Thursday night, SpaceX launched a batch of 60 internet communications satellites from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida. More than one hour later, some 270 miles above Earth, the cluster satellites
Play button Japanese Village Grows Epic Rice Paddy Art to Boost TourismMy Modern Met - Emma TaggartAs part of a revitalization effort in the early 90s, the village of Inakadate, Japan, decided on a novel way to boost tourism in their town: large-scale rice paddy art. Now, using seven different kinds
These Facts Will Blow Your Kid's Mind, According to RedditLifehacker - Michelle Woo Reddit user ExpiringFrog needed some help. “What mind-blowing (but simple) facts would satisfy a 4-year-old daughter’s daily request for one fact …
Play button Steve Jobs Said 1 Key Trait Truly Sets Successful People Apart: 8 Ways to Develop Remarkable PerseveranceInc Magazine - Jeff HadenFortunately, what Steve Jobs said every successful person has inside is something you absolutely can develop. When asked what makes people successful, Steve Jobs would describe how belief can motivate
Play button A Man's CRAZY Coke Experiment–What Happened to His Body After Drinking 10 Cokes a Day for a Month?theepochtimes.com - Ruby Mey Doctors and health coaches are always trying to get people to eliminate soda from their diet, but the sugary drink obsession remains strong in many …
World’s biggest airplane takes flight for the first time everThe Verge - Sean O'Kane, Chris WelchThe world’s largest airplane took flight for the first time ever on Saturday morning. Built by rocket launch company Stratolaunch, the 500,000-pound plane with a 385-foot wingspan lifted off shortly after
Tiny Tech Tips: Why You Need Earplugs At ConcertsNPR - Josh RogosinOne of Bob Boilen's requests at the Tiny Desk is that no musician play louder than the singers can project without amplification, which has the effect of equalizing audience and performers, creating an
Mobile Technology All-electric GT unveiled with over 300 miles of range and 5-min charging enabled by mysterious batteryElectrek - Fred LambertPiëch Automotive, a new electric car startup launched by Toni Piëch, a descendant of Volkswagen’s Ferdinand Piëch, is unveiling this week an all-electric GT with over 300 miles of range and 5-minute charging
Fortnite Fortnite Faces Yet Another Dance-Related Infringement Suit — This Time for Using ‘The Running Man’digitalmusicnews.com - Ashley King Epic Games is facing yet another lawsuit over its use of a dance in the wildly popular online game, Fortnite. This time, two former University of …
