March 29, 2019

Killer robots already exist, and they’ve been here a very long time

Humans will always make the final decision on whether armed robots can shoot, according to a statement by the US

Dead people and pets are being forged into pretty blue diamonds – here’s how it works

When a person dies, cremation is an increasingly popular option. The practice eclipsed burials in the US in 2015 and

A gorgeous rendering from SpaceX shows its shiny silver Starship reentering Earth’s atmosphere

The design for SpaceX’s Starship (aka. Big Falcon Rocket) is really starting to come together! Over the holidays, sections of

Huge global study just smashed one of the last major arguments against renewables

We just got some massive news in the ongoing drive to switch to renewable energy: scientists have identified 530,000 sites

Researchers discover a simple, 12-minute trick to instantly improve your mood

Feeling down in the dumps? If you want to stop wallowing in your own misery, new research suggests that the

This strange quirk in your brain could explain why you can ‘hear’ silent gifs

By now, you may have already seen some of the ‘noisy GIFs’ floating around the internet. They don’t actually contain

Two species of crow are evolving before our eyes in Europe

Two European crows that look quite different from each other are actually diverging from a single species, right before our

Deadly frog pathogen wipes out 90 species, is the most destructive disease we’ve seen

It started off as an enigma. Biologists at field sites around the world reported that frogs had simply disappeared. Costa

Astronomers just witnessed a rare asteroid destroy itself

In space, no one can hear an asteroid scream. But astronomers just used the Hubble telescope to see one destroying

Video shows sweet little kangaroo rats using epic ninja moves to escape rattlesnakes

Forget mutant turtles. Kangaroo rats are the true ninjas of the animal kingdom. A series of four high-speed videos has recently

Here’s the truth about that photo of ‘mushrooms’ growing on Mars

A peculiar new paper, published in a little-known scientific journal, has the tabloids stirred up about the possibility of life