Science

We are currently in the middle of a mass extinction event, in which we are in danger of losing hundreds, maybe thousands, species of animals forever. It’s sad to think about, this morbid marking of time passing, of the marks we humans leave on the planet, but recent evidence suggests it’s not a novel event...

You’ve probably noticed that any time scientists find water in outer space, they get super excited about it. Unless you’re a scientist yourself, or maybe a space enthusiast, you might not know why we’re supposed to be so amazed and excited, too, though – and we just can’t stand for that. NASA has always known...

I know that there are like, big important problems in the world, and smart, accomplished, innovative people should probably be spending their time and energy solving those, but…y’all. If you could make a real, live lightsaber that can actually cut through steel like it was nothing more than butter, wouldn’t you just have to do...

There are so many things we were taught in school that turned out to be flat wrong – and more things that, while technically correct, ended up not being the whole story. And if you spent an art class or several being told that the only primary colors were red, blue, and yellow, well…that’s not...

I’m one of those people who has always thought that living forever – or even for an extremely long time – seems like more of a curse than a blessing. That said, if we could live a very long time in bodies that weren’t slowly breaking down, betraying us a bit every day, well…that could...

If you’re like me, you probably don’t think about glass being particularly strong. It’s pretty, and I guess they can make it bulletproof if you’re the president or the pope, but glass that could actually shatter a bullet? Color me intrigued. It’s called Prince Rupert’s Drop, and no, it’s not some kind of setup for...

If you know anything about science then you know that some of the greatest discoveries in history happened by accident – the microwave, x-rays, LSD, and more than a few more – so there’s nothing to say that there can’t be happy accidents in the world. These 16 people are sort of different, because they...

Scientists and technology companies all over the world are looking for the answer to the problem of nuclear waste – nuclear is a viable alternative to fossil fuel energy in the future, but only if we can devise a way to handle the waste, too. The idea for this radioactive diamond battery began in 2018,...