Science

If you look back at photos of yourself as a toddler, or even as a kid heading off to fourth or fifth grade, you might always be a little surprised to see how white-blond your hair used to be. It’s not true for everyone, of course, but there are a good number of people who...

If you’re a fan of science fiction, then you’re probably thinking that you’ve seen this movie before (and you definitely have). People imagining the future, or ways human beings might be able to live forever, have long turned their eyes toward possibly “uploading our consciousness” into a machine as a way to make that happen,...

Mars has gotten the nickname “the red planet” because of the way the surface shows up a rusty color in the images we get from the many NASA probes and expeditions we’ve been lucky to successfully launch. What if I told you, though, that’s it’s really just the dirt – that the redness of the...

I’m not smart enough to be a scientist, but if I was, I think being an oceanographer would be fascinating. Some folks are afraid and uncomfortable in the ocean, but I love being in it and around it as much as I can. And, on a side note, did you know that over 80% of...

It’s amazing to think that even 2,000 years after the city of Pompeii was destroyed, there is still something left to discover. But earlier this year, archaeologists literally uncovered a remarkable new find. As originally announced on PompeiiSites.org, researchers discovered a fancy chariot, unlike any they had ever seen before. Best of all, it was...

Unless you’re a science fiction writer (or enthusiast), you probably don’t spend too much time thinking about what, exactly, humans might look like in the future. Most of us probably assume they’ll look and act a lot like we do now, since evolution takes millennia to really change anything, anyway. So, it’s probably going to...

If there’s one thing I know for sure about human beings, it’s that they will always find a way to surprise you. This could be in a good way, or a bad way, but it will definitely happen if you wait long enough. If you’re a nurse or someone else who works in healthcare, those...

It can sometimes feel as if we use the terms ‘climate change‘ and ‘global warming’ interchangeably, but should we? Are they they same? Is the difference important? If you’re someone who’s curious – or just someone who always likes to be as accurate as possible – then read on, because we’ve got some good information...