Tag: science

November 27, 2018 at 3:01 pm

“Travelled 300 Million Miles, Took This Pic”

"Travelled 300 Million Miles, Took This Pic"

NASA’s InSight Lander takes its first pic from the Red Planet

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November 21, 2018 at 3:03 pm

A Real Time 4K Journey Around Earth from Orbit

A Real Time 4K Journey Around Earth from Orbit

It takes the ISS 92 minutes and 39 seconds to orbit the Earth

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November 19, 2018 at 1:04 pm

NASA’s Going Back to the Moon and They Made a Great Hype Video For It

NASA's Going Back to the Moon and They Made a Great Hype Video For It

NASA’s returning to the Moon to stay, and preparing to go beyond…

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November 12, 2018 at 11:58 pm

Standing in the Middle of a Huge Pond That Drains Every Dry Season

Standing in the Middle of a Huge Pond That Drains Every Dry Season

The pond ‘sinks’ with the water table and can go from full to empty in a matter of weeks

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November 12, 2018 at 12:41 pm

Why It’s Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times

Why It's Almost Impossible to Skip a Stone 89 Times

Kurt Steiner set the world record for skipping stones with a remarkable 88 skips

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October 29, 2018 at 3:31 pm

Some of the Largest Known Stars Compared to a Tennis Ball-Sized Earth

Some of the Largest Known Stars Compared to a Tennis Ball-Sized Earth

If The Earth were shrunk down to the size of a tennis ball, how big would the universe be?

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October 23, 2018 at 1:42 pm

NASA Scientists Find Perfectly Rectangular Iceberg in Antarctica

NASA Scientists Find Perfectly Rectangular Iceberg in Antarctica

Tabular iceberg designed by nature

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October 22, 2018 at 3:49 pm

Scientists Find Googly Eyes Effective at Reducing Bird/Plane Collisions

Scientists Find Googly Eyes Effective at Reducing Bird/Plane Collisions

After 300 tests, only one pattern triggered the desired avoidance behavior: a pair of looming googly eyes

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October 18, 2018 at 2:42 pm

Just a Guy Showing (and Throwing) His Amazing Collection of Giant Boomerangs

Just a Guy Showing (and Throwing) His Amazing Collection of Giant Boomerangs

Gerhard Walter’s custom-built boomerangs are incredible

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October 15, 2018 at 2:44 pm

Soooo Atlas the Robot is Doing Parkour Now

Soooo Atlas the Robot is Doing Parkour Now

The control software uses the whole body including legs, arms and torso, to marshal the energy and strength for jumping over the log and leaping up the steps without breaking its pace

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