Shortly after he assumed the office of presidency, Donald Trump had a conversation with the acting administrator of NASA regarding the likelihood of a crewed mission to Mars by the end of his first term if he gave NASA unlimited funding. What makes this even more amusing is that it all started when he scheduled […] More
If you weren’t able to see the super blood wolf moon eclipse a couple nights ago, you’re not alone. Much of North America was covered in clouds – and freezing temperatures – that hindered your ability to view it. I was able to see it from my house here in Indianapolis, Indiana, but there was […] More
Carl Sagan was truly an incredible person who continues to inspire us today. After all, he created Cosmos, is responsible for the “pale blue dot” photo, and heavily influenced Bill Nye’s and Neil deGrasse Tyson’s public career in science communication. Carl Sagan also enjoyed smoking marijuana. So much though that he wrote an essay explaining why. […] More
If you’re reading this, you’ve undoubtedly heard about the kids wearing MAGA hats who harassed a Native American veteran. From there, the headlines and articles write themselves, and our cup of outrage runneth over. There’s only one problem with it – it’s not factually correct. At best, the situation was wildly mischaracterized by the media. […] More
The Internet is largely fueled by a handful things. Free adult content, social media political arguments, embedded ads, Star Wars rumors, and viral cat-related content. When it comes to that last one, the majority of cat memes and videos are predicated on one, abiding principle — cats are, generally Jerky McJerkJerks. Except, what if I told […] More
According to a new case study, a 33 year old man injected his own semen into his arm 18 times over the course of a year and a half as a treatment for chronic back pain. The case study was published in the Irish Medical Journal with the title “Semenly” Harmless Back Pain: An Unusual Presentation […] More
Lunar plants, we hardly knew ye. Earlier this month, China made history with their Chang’e 4 mission by being the first country to successfully soft land a rover on the far side of the moon. Previous lunar soft landings had been on the side of the moon that is always visible to Earth (as it […] More
While the United States government remains in a shut down state, China’s government is busy sprouting plants on the far side of Earth’s moon. China’s Chang’e probe — which made history last week when it sent back the first ever images from that distant part of the moon, was sent on a mission to experiment […] More
Last June, astronomers in Hawaii saw a bright, but brief, burst of light emanating from a galaxy named CGCG 137-068. They believe that they witnessed the birth of a black hole, or perhaps a neutron star. Initial observations suggested that it was a supernova, however the explosion was ten to 100 times brighter than that of […] More
Using the Canadian Hydrogen Intensity Mapping Experiment (CHIME) telescope, astronomers have detected fast radio bursts emanating from a galaxy far, far away. The team of researchers detected thirteen different radio bursts coming from the same location inside a galaxy that’s 1.5 billion light years away. This means the signals left their host galaxy during the Proterozoic era, traveling at […] More
Forget your new year’s resolutions and live it up – A totally serious and completely real Biblical prophecy claims that the apocalypse will happen in December 2019, ending life as we know it on Earth once and for all. More specifically, on December 28th. FREAKING FINALLY. It’s about damn time. I’ve been getting pretty tired […] More
Kids and periodic tables of elements…they grow up so fast! This year will mark the 150th anniversary of scientist Dmitri Mendeleev discovering the Periodic System, and therefore of the creation of the Periodic Table of Elements. I’m sure we all took a science class or two back in our day and I’m almost just as sure […] More
