Here's What It's Like To Die
There's one thing that every person has in common, and that's death. Death can come any number of ways, but it will come. Here's what it's like to die.
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Charmin Debuts Toilet Paper 'RollBot' At CES 2020
Good news for anyone who doesn't have small children or a cat today: now, you too can experience the sensation of never, ever feeling alone in the bathroom, as Procter & Gamble has introduced the world to a toilet paper robot.
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Hyundai Promises Flying Cars For Uber By 2023
Ah, flying cars! Exciting in theory, mildly terrifying in reality. The latest development on the airborne commute front came on January 6, 2020, when Hyundai announced they were teaming up with Uber to create an "air taxi service," which could be operational as early as 2023.
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NASA Just Found A Nearby, Earth-Like Planet
Modern telescopes, satellites and whatnot have found plenty of planets. However, things get really exciting when we find one that orbits its sun in the so-called habitable zone -- the small fraction of the solar system that could theoretically support life. Well, guess what? NASA just found one.
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The Dog Breed That Is Closest To A Fox
There's an old saying that says you can't run with the fox and hunt with the hounds. But what if a hound looks just like its sly brethren? Here's which doggie dissembler comes closest to running with the fox.
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What Causes A Firenado?
Lo, the firenado: destroyer of worlds. But where does it come from? What is its origin? Against whom does it seek to exact terrible vengeance?
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How Earthquakes Create Gold From Water
"Earthquakes have the Midas touch," at least according to a 2013 study published in the journal Nature Geoscience. Here's how earthquakes create gold from water.
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Physicist Says He Knows How To Build A Time Machine
University of Connecticut physics professor Ron Mallett claims to have found a way to travel through time using lasers in what is either the greatest scientific accomplishment in human history or a ripe example of what happens to an educator's give-a-damn once they get tenure.
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The Rabbit Breed That Makes The Best Pet
Unfortunately, you will never have Bugs Bunny to pet to your heart's content. So you'll have to settle for an inferior rabbit that can't crack jokes. Despite these extremely disappointing shortcomings, there are non-Bugs bunny breeds that might make a great pet. Which is the best?
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What Life Is Really Like As A Conjoined Twin
The chances of being conjoined twins are about 1 in 200,000, roughly the same odds the Atlanta Falcons had of losing to the Patriots in the 2017 Super Bowl. But as we all know, these things inevitably happen, and when they happen, we must live with the consequences.
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Keto Diet Ranked Worst For Healthy Eating
With so many ways to go from dad bod to rad bod, it's difficult to decide which fad diet is going to transform your body, but you can at least narrow the field. U.S. News and World Report posted their annual list of the best and worst diets making the rounds, and the "keto diet" came in dead last.
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India Announces First Manned Space Mission
India is getting ready to send humans into space. NPR reports that India's space agency has selected its first four astronaut candidates for the country's first manned space launch, targeted for 2022. As of now, their names and identities haven't been released ... cue the conspiracy theorists.
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The Creepy Truth About Camel Spiders
Of the many creepy-crawlies that haunt an arachnophobe's nightmares, perhaps none seem so chilling as the dreaded camel spider. But are they as bad as people make them out to be? Here's the creepy truth.
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Study Reveals How Life May Have Formed On Earth
One of the great unsolved scientific mysteries -- even greater than the question of whether the chicken or the egg came first -- is the question of how life hatched in the first place. Thanks to a new study, scientists may have figured out how life formed on Earth.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Expired Milk
There are few things as universally disgusting as a whiff of rotten milk. Is it really unsafe, though, in addition to being gross? To figure this out, it's important to take a look at what spoiled milk actually does to your body, and assess whether it's ever worth the risk
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Stick-Toting Puffins Show First Evidence Of Tool Use By Seabirds
Who doesn't like puffins? Just look at the picture, they're adorable. And if for some reason you don't find them cute, the Telegraph reports that Gordon Ramsay thinks they're also quite delicious. But they're talents don't end there. Apparently these seabirds know how to use tools!
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The Dumbest Animal In The World
What, one may ask, is the dumbest animal in the world? What beast possesses so little intelligence as to be considered meat with a fart for a brain? Where do we go when we, the apex of natural evolution, want to dunk on the total dip of the animal kingdom?
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How Long Can A Human Survive In Space?
There's a reason astronauts use space suits: Given half a chance, space will kill you stone dead. It's a freezing void that isn't prepared to lift a finger to support human life, and exposure to it is pretty much an instant death sentence. Just how long can a human survive in space?
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Gasoline
Here's what happens if you drink gasoline. But seriously, don't do it.
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Elon Musk Expects 'Fully Operational' Las Vegas Tunnel In 2020
If you're looking for a boring story, you've come to the right place. But it's not you that will be bored -- it's a mile-long tunnel under Las Vegas, brought to you by the good folks from The Boring Company.
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How Long Can A Human Survive Without A Brain?
The human brain: the command center of the body. It tells your meat bits where to go, when to breathe, and whether or not to pump blood all around its insides. But do we really need it? What if you could scoop the old gray matter out and be done with it? How long can a human survive without a brain?
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The Domestic Cat Breed That's Most Like A Cheetah
It's good to know just which particular feline superpower your precious kitten will employ when cats will inevitably rise against us. For instance, which cat breed can you never, ever run away from? Which cat breed is most like the cheetah?
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Betelgeuse Star May Be Ready To Explode
If you're into stargazing, you might have noticed that the famous wintertime constellation, Orion the Hunter, is acting weird. This is because one of its stars, Alpha Orionis -- which you may know better as Betelgeuse -- is fading. It may be gearing up to go supernova, meaning it may soon explode.
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The Dog Breed That Is Closest To A Wolf
People have adopted all kinds of animal friends throughout history, but dogs have always been humankind's closest companions. But the contemporary doggo that is the most genetically similar to its ancestors is about the least wolfy little thing imaginable. Here's the dog breed closest to a wolf.
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What Happens To Your Body When You Drink Drano
As you might suspect, the human anatomy has very little in common with the u-bend of a bathroom sink. Here's why you should not drink Drano.
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Man's Keeps Rock For Years, Hoping For Gold; Gets Priceless Meteorite
For all the comic book collectors and mint-condition militants, here's a story of hope. It is the story of a man holding on to a rock for years, hoping it would contain gold, only to learn it was a priceless meteorite.
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Why Do We Have Fingerprints?
Anyone who has ever watched Law & Order will tell you the best way to catch criminals is to look for fingerprints. Everywhere you go, everything you touch gets the full impact on those funky little spirals on each fingertip. But why do we have fingerprints in the first place?
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