Tag: science

May 11, 2016 at 11:36 am

How a Single Car, Inadvertently Braking, Causes a Traffic Jam

How a Single Car, Inadvertently Braking, Causes a Traffic Jam

When one driver inadvertently taps their brakes, it causes the car behind it to do so as well; and so on and so on

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May 11, 2016 at 11:19 am

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

This Rare Mercury Transit Timelapse Really Puts the Colossal Size of Our Sun in Perspective

Mercury is roughly 1/3 the size of Earth and you can fit about 1.3 million Earths inside the Sun…

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May 10, 2016 at 4:37 pm

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

Canadian Teen May Have Found Lost City Using Ancient Star Maps

No other scientist has found such correlation in the past several hundred years of study of the Ancient civilization

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May 4, 2016 at 1:10 pm

Picture of the Day: Saturn’s Little Water World

Picture of the Day: Saturn's Little Water World

The water-world Enceladus appears here to sit atop Saturn’s rings like a drop of dew upon a leaf

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May 3, 2016 at 12:10 pm

Rare and Mysterious Jellyfish Spotted 12,000 Ft Deep

Rare and Mysterious Jellyfish Spotted 12,000 Ft Deep

The mysterious jellyfish was seen during the Deepwater Exploration of the Marianas expedition on April 24, 2016, while exploring Enigma Seamount at a depth of ~3,700 meters (12,100 ft)

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May 3, 2016 at 10:34 am

Watch How Silently Owls Fly Compared to Other Birds

Watch How Silently Owls Fly Compared to Other Birds

They’re nature’s stealth bombers

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May 1, 2016 at 6:28 pm

Watch What Happens When Monkeys Get Different Rewards for Doing the Same Task

Watch What Happens When Monkeys Get Different Rewards for Doing the Same Task

It’s a lesson in inequality

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April 20, 2016 at 2:11 pm

Magic Leap Demos What Your Morning Routine Could Look Like

Magic Leap Demos What Your Morning Routine Could Look Like

The secretive tech company has raised a staggering $1.4 billion in funding, valuing the startup at $4.5 billion

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April 20, 2016 at 11:53 am

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

How the Same Emoji Varies Across Platforms

That ‘grinning face with smiling eyes’ emoji does not look how you think it looks

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April 19, 2016 at 10:22 am

NASA Releases Jaw Dropping Footage of Aurora Borealis in Ultra HD 4K

NASA Releases Jaw Dropping Footage of Aurora Borealis in Ultra HD 4K

Marvel at the cosmic beauty of Aurora Borealis from space with this compilation of timelapses shot in stunning ultra HD 4K

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