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China wants to build a solar power plant in space to solve its pollution problem
In 1941, science fiction maven Isaac Asimov wrote a short story entitled "Reason." The plot revolves around protagonists Powell and Donovan, who live on a space station that collects energy from the...
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How deserts cause the terrifying phenomenon of 'blood rain'
This weekend, the skies above the U.K. will open up to bathe most of the country in blood rain. Though it sounds like something straight out of a nightmare, blood rain is actually a pretty common...
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Watch scientists find new animals on the bottom of the ocean
Despite it covering 71 percent of Earth, we know virtually nothing about our own ocean. In fact, researchers have only explored roughly five percent of the ocean's floor, making it one of the world's...
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Humans are the only animals that have chins
Though you've probably never given it a second thought, your chin is something unique to modern humans. Somewhere along the evolutionary line, our species developed a chin bone while others did not....
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Astronomers just learned that the sun has seasons
In a new revelation about the solar system, scientists have discovered that the sun has seasons that change every 330 days. Researchers have long known that the sun fluctuates between somewhat calm...
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NASA is seriously discussing whether they can make humans hibernate
To make long journeys through the galaxy easier on astronauts, and actually possible, scientists are looking at hibernating animals to see if we can replicate the physiological process in humans. The...
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This tortoise is the oldest living land creature on Earth
Jonathan the tortoise, who lives on the British-controlled island of St. Helena, is reportedly the oldest living land creature in the world. According to The Telegraph: At the age of 183, this...
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This tiny Australian village spawned a new language that's only a few decades...
In 2002, University of Michigan linguistics professor Carmel O'Shannessy was visiting Lajamanu, a remote aboriginal community in Australia's Northern Territory, when she discovered the village's...
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This seaweed farm looks amazing from space
In January 2014, the Operational Land Imager on NASA's Landsat 8 satellite captured a series of photos from around South Korea's Sisan Island. The shallow coastal waters were filled with arrays of...
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Why Americans should be eating more horse
Back in 2013, when consumers in Europe learned that many of their meat goods were secretly mixed with or even 100% horse meat, they freaked out. For some, it was just the notion that they'd been lied...
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Neuron transplants could keep your brain young
Researchers from the University of California, Irvine have developed a neuron transplant method they say can renew brain plasticity in adults. Brain plasticity allows the brain to create new neural...
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Africa has a radical idea to fight the spread of the Sahara
Although we like to think of geography as something fairly constant (e.g. mountains do not move), every year a little more of the world gets eaten away by our ever-expanding deserts. At present, a...
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Some people think a creepy Harvard experiment triggered the Unabomber's...
From 1978 to 1995, Ted Kaczynski, better known as the Unabomber, routinely mailed bombs to people throughout the U.S., killing three and wounding 24. Even though his reign of terror is well...
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7 cities that don't have any cars
On September 27, 2015, Paris enforced its first ever car-free day. In attempt to give Parisians a chance to experience a Paris sans the pollution and dangers of cars, vehicles were banned from certain...
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Why bugs bite some people more than others
If you’ve ever spent any significant amount of time outside with other people, you’ve probably wondered at some point why bugs bite you more than your peers (or vice versa). For the longest time,...
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Archaeologists just uncovered $17 billion in sunken treasure, but that's not...
In 1708, the Spanish galleon San Jose sank 1,000 feet under the Caribbean waves, near the coast of modern-day Cartagena, Colombia. She was on her way to Spain, bringing a hoard of treasure to fund the...
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Here's why bees bang their heads 350 times per minute
Scientists have just discovered that the blue banded bumblebee, the Australian cousin to America’s own bumblebee, has a peculiar way of pollinating flowers. It’s as if the creature has an internal...
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NASA’s replacement for the Hubble telescope will be 100 times more powerful
For decades now, the Hubble telescope has allowed researchers and the public to see the universe up close and personal. It’s been an exciting ride full of fascinating photos, but Hubble’s place as...
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Researchers figured out the best way to cut pizza
You’ve probably never given cutting a pizza much thought besides the fact that it is something you need to do before you can shove it into your face hole. Some mathematicians, on the other hand, view...
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A praying mantis wore 3D glasses and watched a movie, for science
A recent study by Newcastle University tested the vision of praying mantises by making them a pair of tiny, spiffy 3D glasses. During the 2D viewing of a few dots moving around, the mantis didn’t show...
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