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Rare Supermoon Lunar Eclipse Is Less Than A Week Away
On Sunday, September 27th, skywatchers will witness the grand finale of the rare lunar eclipse tetrad (series of four consecutive total lunar eclipses). And it promises to be quite a show. That's...
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The Crafty Wasps That Turn Spiders Into Web-Weaving Zombie Slaves
Mention wasps and you are bound to hear exasperated tales of picnic sabotages and painful stings. But as it turns out, humans have it relatively easy, at least compared to some poor spiders that the...
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Watch Out For Those Selfies, They Can Be Deadlier Than Sharks!
The proliferation of smartphones with cameras that can take self-portraits or selfies as they are popularly called has liberated us. We can now document every moment of our life and instantly share it...
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Has The Legendary Nazi Treasure Train Finally Been Discovered?
According to ancient Polish folklore, during the final days of World War II, Nazi officials dispatched a train filled with stolen treasure from what used to be the East German city of Breslau. They...
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'Super' Stonehenge Discovered A Short Distance From The Original Monument
Stonehenge, a prehistoric monument located in Wiltshire, England, is one of the world's most well-known ancient religious and burial sites. Situated amidst a dense complex of Neolithic and Bronze Age...
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IG Nobel Prizes Honor 'Fun' Scientific Research
This morning, William Campbell, Satoshi Omura, and Youyou Tu, were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize for medicine for their work on parasitic diseases. Though the brilliant scientists certainly deserve...
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NASA Confirms Presence Of Liquid Water On Mars
Thanks to its carved topography, researchers have always suspected that Mars was once home to several rivers, lakes, and perhaps even oceans. There has even been some speculation about the existence...
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Movement To Rename 'Columbus Day' To 'Indigenous People's Day' Gains Momentum
On August 3rd, 1492 Italian explorer Christopher Columbus set sail from Palos de la Frontera, Spain, to seek out a western sea route to China and India. However, the explorer and his crew never made...
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How Hurricane Joaquin Contributed To South Carolina's Historic Rainfall...
On October 3rd, East Coast residents were relieved to hear that Hurricane Joaquin which had been hurtling towards the U.S., was no longer a threat. According to meteorologists, the hurricane that was...
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'Smart' Bandage Extracts Bacteria From Wounds
In 1920, Johnson and Johnson employee Earle Dickson created the first bandage to cover the frequent burns and cuts his wife Josephine inflicted on herself while cooking. The hand-made prototype was...
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How Tiny Mealworms May Help Reduce Our Massive Plastic Pollution Problem
Styrofoam, a plastic made of expandable polystyrene foam (EPS) is a useful invention. In fact one could call it almost too useful! The lightweight and buoyant plastic can be used for a myriad of...
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Stan Herd's Latest Crop Art Masterpiece Is Inspired By Van Gogh
American artist Stan Herd is known for numerous things - Oil and watercolor paintings, incredible murals, and most of all, stunning crop art. In fact, the maestro is considered the pioneer of this...
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Disney And Open Bionics Team Up To Create 3-D Printed Superhero Prosthetic Arms
Prosthetics have come a long way since the first known artificial limb - A wood and leather toe was created for an Egyptian noblewoman nearly 3,000 years ago. However, though they have certainly...
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Video Of The Week - Engineer Builds Real-Life Thor Hammer
Fans of the Avengers film series will recall Thor's hammer, Mjolnir, that can only be lifted by someone 'worthy,' AKA the superhero himself. However, while the one in the movies was probably a prop,...
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Researchers Unveil Yet Another Invisibility Cloak!
An invisibility cloak might be easy to come by if you are a young wizard like Harry Potter, but developing such a device for the real world has proven to be a difficult task for scientists. Over the...
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No "Tricks" Expected From Surprise Asteroid That Will Whiz Past Earth On...
Looking for a spooky Halloween tale? How about this? According to NASA scientists, an asteroid measuring between 1,050 to 2,100 feet will be making its way towards Earth on October 31st. While the...
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Why Crafty Crocodiles May Be Sleeping With One Eye Open
While for humans the expression "sleep with one eye open" is just a metaphor to keep alert, for some animals it is a way of life. Called unihemispheric sleep, it is the ability to snooze with one eye...
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Video Of The Week - Wingsuit Skydivers Set New Formation Record
On October 17th, 61 wingsuit skydivers from a dozen countries arrived in Perris, California for one purpose - To shatter the skydiving record for the most wingsuit divers in formation while in...
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Need An Extra Hour To Recover From Halloween Festivities? You Got It!
What could be better than Halloween falling on a Saturday? How about an "extra" hour on Sunday? That will be the case for most North American residents because this weekend also marks the end of...
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Smart Device Translates American Sign Language To English
American Sign Language (ASL), has been one of the primary means of communication for the deaf in the United States and many parts of Canada since the 1800s. It is estimated that between 500,000 to 2...
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