Science

Is there anything more delicious than that moment you read something you’ve never heard before and you hear your brain sort of take off, chasing down all of the other little bunny trails left by the million follow up thoughts and questions that arise? I think not – rabbit holes might be time sucks, but...

In North America, we get stuck thinking that there are only about a dozen “normal” fruits because those are what are accessible to us. We grab bananas, apples, oranges, grapes, berries, melon – maybe a pineapple or a mango once in a while, or a kiwi, but that’s about as wild as we get. There...

I’m being a bit hyperbolic with the title, because the diamond-powered battery in question can only run for around 28,000 years, not forever forever, but when we’re talking about the framework of a human lifespan, well…forgive me. Basically, if it started powering something today and humanity went extinct, there would still be evidence that humans existed...

The future is now, my friends! While it might seem like crazy inventions are a long way off, we’re already living in it! And we’re about to get some inside info. What sounds futuristic but is happening now? AskReddit users shared their thoughts. 1. Robots. “It’s quite phenomenal how much certain industries have developed their...

I have a friend who got hit by a car while he was riding his bike and he was in a coma for a few days. Luckily, he woke up and is doing great…but still, I think that kind of experience has to change a person in some way… So, what is being in a...

For a long, long time (but not in a galaxy far far away) physicists believed there were only two types of particles in the universe – fermions and bosons. Now, though, they’re finding the first examples of a theorized third particle kingdom – the anyon. Anyons don’t behave like fermions or bosons, but fall somewhere...

I feel like if we really, truly knew about all the dangers lurking outside our front door, we’d never leave the house again, because the world is a scary place! And that’s why I’m kind of scared to read these responses… Hey, I’m just being honest here, people! What’s more dangerous than people realize? Here’s...

We’re truly living in amazing times. People are flying into outer space, we have contraptions in our pockets that give us all the information we’d ever want to know, and that’s just the tip of the iceberg. The possibilities seem endless right now! And there are a lot more futuristic things going on than you...