Play buttonOceans This Giant Jellyfish Is the Size of a Person and Looks Like an Alien - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Hello and welcome to another installment of “The Ocean is ****ing Terrifying,” our infinite series where we remind you, our dear and loyal readers, …
Play buttonAlan Turing Alan Turing Chosen as New Face of the UK's £50 Note - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh It might not seem like it a lot of the time these days, but the world can become a better, more inclusive place. Martin Luther King Jr. said, “Let us …
Play buttonNASA NASA Is Building a 3D Printer in Space! - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh It’s not hard to imagine a world where, just like with computers and smartphones, most homes will be equipped with a 3D-printer. As the technology …
Lego NASA Wants To See Your LEGO Ideas to Make It to Mars - NerdistNerdist - Kelly Knox NASA and LEGO have joined forces to hear your ideas about how we might make it from the moon to Mars! LEGO is currently accepting submissions through …
Greenland An Arctic Fox Traveled All the Way to Canada in Record Time - NerdistNerdist - Rose Bueno Humans are known for pushing their physical endurance, what with so many people running in 5Ks, 10Ks, half or full marathons. It seems that a little …
Play buttonGoogle Maps Drivers Pull a Michael Scott, Follow Google Maps Into Mud Pit - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Of all the glorious mistakes, sayings, and absurd moments Michael Scott gave us over the years on The Office, for me the last lasting legacy of Dunder …
Philadelphia Flyers Gritty Surprised a Child Who Got a Custom Gritty Prosthetic Leg - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh I would have guessed the Philadelphia Flyers mascot Gritty was introduced three or four years ago. In reality it’s been less than a year. Less than a …
Play buttonFalcon 9 SPACEX Successfully Launches Falcon Heavy Rocket - NerdistNerdist - Eric Diaz Although our return to the Moon and a voyage to Mars are seemingly on the table for the not-too-distant future (depending on who one asks and when), …
Play buttonGiant Squid Giant Squid Filmed In U.S. Waters For First Time - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh For years giant squids were the closest thing we had to a real-life, underwater Sasquatch. Stories of their gargantuan size littered the tales of …
Dogs Dogs Learned "Sad Puppy Eyes" to Manipulate Humans - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh “Don’t give me those sad puppy dog eyes! They’re not going to work on me!” We’ve all said that to a loved one….right before they totally worked on …
Play buttonIron Man Adam Savage Builds Working IRON MAN Suit That Flies - NerdistNerdist - Eric Diaz Of all the characters in the MCU, Iron Man always seemed like the most plausible to maybe, maybe be possible in reality. At least in some more …
Play buttonMarmalade Learn What 7 Different Cat Sounds Mean - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh I can’t tell you how many times I’ve said to my cat, “I don’t know what you want, but I don’t have time for this,” only for me to then immediately …
Play buttonTesla Model 3 Queen of Crappy Robots Builds World's First Tesla Pickup Truck - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh We’ve seen Elon Musk make sci-fi dreams a reality, when SpaceX successfully landed the world’s first reusable orbital rocket. He even sent a car into …
Play buttonRobotics This "Duck" Robot Helps Rice Farmers in Japan - NerdistNerdist - Kelly Knox If it glides like a duck, and paddles like a duck, it must be… a robot? An engineer with Nissan Japan volunteered his time and energy to creating a …
UFOs There's Something Mysterious Hidden Inside the Moon - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh “There’s something hidden deep inside the moon and no one’s exactly sure what it is” sounds like the premise for about a thousand movies—99 percent …
NASA Is Now Inviting Companies to Work in Space - NerdistNerdist - Rose Bueno For a while, the thought of a normal person traveling into space seemed like a far off dream. So far, only the smartest and most skilled have been …
Dogs Study Shows Dogs Are as Stressed as Their Owners - NerdistNerdist - Rose Bueno Dogs wouldn’t be known as “Man’s Best Friend” if they weren’t with us through thick and thin. They’ve been along for our highs and our lows, but how …
San Diego, CA This "Storm" Over San Diego Was a Massive Swarm of Ladybugs - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Everybody knows it’s good luck when a ladybug lands on your hand. No one would feel good if hundreds of thousands of the polka-dotted insects landed …
Play button Learn How to Fall Asleep in Only 2 Minutes - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Are you the type of person who can close their eyes sleep on command? Is it just as easy calling it a day in the comfort of your own bed or trying to …
Air France-KLM This V-Shaped Plane Will Seat Passengers Inside Its Wings - NerdistNerdist - Rose Bueno It’s a bird, it’s a plane…it’s kind of both? KLM Royal Dutch Airlines is funding a V-shaped airplane known as the “Flying V” that will house its …
Fossils New Dinosaur Species Discovered In The Australian Outback - NerdistNerdist - Eric Diaz We used to think we knew everything there is to know about dinosaurs, but scientists discover new evidence and fossils constantly. All which prove to …
Play button Chernobyl Puppies Are Getting a Chance at Life in America - NerdistNerdist - Lindsey Romain Chernobyl is on everyone’s minds these days. In 1986, the power-regulating system at the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Planet was intentionally disabled …
Play button See 120-Year-Old Footage of the First Solar Eclipse Ever Filmed! - NerdistNerdist - Lindsey Romain Solar eclipses, wherein the Earth is caught in the shadow that is cast when the moon blocks the sun, are among the most surreal astronomical events. …
Mauritius A Nearly Complete Dodo Bird Skeleton Just Sold for Half a Million Dollars - NerdistNerdist - Lindsey Romain The dodo bird is perhaps the most famous example of an extinct animal, one that’s been the source of fantasy and fiction, and also nonfictional human …
Play button An Animation of Terrifying Sleep Paralysis Hallucinations - NerdistNerdist - Lindsey Romain What’s it like to live with the condition known as “sleep paralysis“? Ask anyone who suffers from it and they might have a unique answer. The …
You Can Send Your Name to Mars! - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Want to go to Mars? A manned mission is still many years away, and based on the criteria for becoming a NASA astronaut you will need to be in …
Play button Learn How to Read Body Language from a Former FBI Expert - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh The best poker players in the world can pick up on their opponents’ slightest tells, small physical clues that inadvertently give away the strength …
Play button Former NASA Engineer Built the World's Largest Pool of Jell-O - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh Everyone knows the expression “go big or go home,” but former NASA JPL engineer Mark Rober lives by a slightly different principle – “go home and …
Google Developing an A.I. Translator That Will Sound Like Your Own Voice - NerdistNerdist - Michael Walsh A “Babel Fish,” a small fictional creature that slips into your ear and translates any language in the entire universe, is one of the best inventions …
