We always think of lions of being the kings and queens of the African savanna, but if there’s anything I learned watching The Lion King as a kid, it’s that hyenas are terrible and their laughs are even worse. And because it was in a Disney movie, I have to assume that this is 100% true. […] More
Russia doesn’t believe in rockets having a self-destruct option, so the Proton-M became an unguided missile. Let’s see how that played out… In 2013, NASA’s Russian counterpart, Roscosmos, launched the Russian made Proton-M from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Seconds into the flight, the rocket began to pitch to the side as the onboard computer […] More
Russian officials have announced why the Soyuz MS-10 capsule failed to make it into space to resupply the International Space Station last month, resulting in an in-flight abort and ballistic re-entry. I wrote about the failure here at that time: The crew launched at 4:40 am Eastern time (2:40 pm local time in Russia) with NASA […] More
It’s ‘Columbus Day’ – a day dedicated to the legacy of the explorer Christopher Columbus – here in the United States. And it makes a lot of sense. Who wouldn’t want to celebrate our great country being discovered by Christopher Columbus with special sales in stores and a day out of school for the kids? […] More
For those of you who watched SpaceX launch the Falcon Heavy yesterday, there’s good news, there’s great news, there’s bad news, then there’s interesting news. As I wrote about before, the measure of success for this mission was to just get the rocket off Launchpad 39A before the thing exploded, so it didn’t damage the […] More
If you’re unfamiliar with Adam Ruins Everything, the basic premise is to debunk popular pseudoscience in an entertaining and fun manner. The show is hosted by Adam Conover, who formerly had a series on CollegeHumor.com by the same name as his show on truTV. The show is fast-paced and information-dense, and even provides citations for […] More
Last night around 8:10 Eastern time, a giant fireball lit up the sky over Michigan, and was seen as far away as Pennsylvania and Missouri. The American Meteor Society received over 355 reports of the event from seven states. For a meteor, the rock was moving rather slow, clocking in right around 28,000 miles per […] More
Inspirational Pep Talks Don’t Cure Depression. I saw this video going viral and felt the need to address it. As of this post, it has over 200,000 shares and 10 million views. It’s wrong, and mischaracterizes Depression. Depression is a real mental health diagnosis that needs to be taken seriously. A motivational pep talk is […] More
How Iron Kills Stars & Forms Black Holes We all know that we are made of starstuff. Stars had to die in order for us to be able to live. This reaction happens almost immediately after a star tries to form iron, as the process of fusing iron is an endothermic reaction- it requires more […] More
Enthusiasts, I have terrifying news. Did you know that inflammation is the leading cause of all illnesses, including cancer and mental health concerns? One out of two children in the United States have a chronic health diagnosis because of inflammation, and inflammation can even lead to school shootings! But what if I told you that […] More
