Sand Octopus Turns its Body into a Squirt Gun to Burrow
More proof that cephalopods are basically the most amazing creatures on Earth.
More proof that cephalopods are basically the most amazing creatures on Earth.
If you’re excited about last week’s announcement of a new human-like species discovered in South Africa, you can get your hands on the specimens — sort of.
This is the best footage yet of an exoplanet orbiting a star. It's literally six seconds of pixelated blob, but capturing this footage was no easy task. Read More >>
Internet shorthand is ubiquitous, but in our desire to get words out quickly, meaning can be muddled or lost. Case in point: Accent marks, one of the foremost linguistic casualties of the digital age.
Trace each and every Earthling back far enough, and you’ll arrive at a common ancestor. For the first time, scientists have built a comprehensive tree of life that binds us all together.
I love a good post-apocalyptic tale, but the problem with all these things is that they’re so damn depressing. Why does the demise of humankind have to be so sad?
These aren’t quite that badass as other BOOMco guns. But they are from Halo!
This incredible aerial tour will finally let us normal people fly over Pluto. Read More >>
Doctor Who is back on our televisions for a ninth series, so what better time to to get your Doc-on and buy yourself some timey-wimey gifts and gadgets?
Most of us prefer not to dwell on the End Times, but for the folks at the Global Catastrophic Risk Institute, the apocalypse is just another day at work.
The JKL Museum of Telephony, dedicated to preserving the history of phones, was destroyed last week as one of the worst wildfires of the summer raged across the central valley of California.
In recent weeks you might’ve heard all about Cortana’s integration with Windows 10. A similar kind of functionality is available on Chrome OS, with more comprehensive features on the way.
An 8.8 earthquake in Chile was bad enough to force the evacuation of millions of people, but this footage inside a supermarket makes it look truly terrifying.
Today marks the anniversary when NASA’s Voyager 1 captured both the Earth and its Moon in a single frame. For the first time, we perfectly captured the two celestial bodies we call home. Space photography has come a very long way. Read More >>
The Perlan Mission II will launch to soaring altitudes of 90,000 feet, where it’ll harvest invaluable data on Earth’s atmosphere and climate.
NOAA released its global climate report for August yesterday, and guess what? Once again, it’s the hottest month on record.That makes 2015 a very, very strong contender for hottest year ever.
