• What Players Really Do During The Super Bowl Halftime Show

    A Super Bowl halftime is more than double the length of a regular-season halftime, which lasts about 12 minutes. That must feel like an eternity for the teams in the locker room waiting to to complete their date with destiny. What do they do with all that extra time?

    By A. C. Grimes January 20th, 2020 Read More
  • The Fastest Fish In The World

    As we all know, a fish is pretty much useless if you can't ride it on the freeway. If you, like many of us, can't feel alive without the adrenaline rush that comes from watching fish go real fast, we've got great news for you. We've tracked down the fastest fish in the world.

    By Tom Meisfjord January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • The Slowest Fish In The World

    On the spectrum of animals that are and are not easy to eat get into our mouths, fish have swum towards the top of the rankings. Famously, they've spent the last several thousand years never catching on to the fact that worms on hooks make them disappear forever. But which fish is slowest?

    By Tom Meisfjord January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • The Biggest Fish Species In The World That Isn't A Shark

    While the NOAA notes that "whale sharks are commonly docile and approachable," it asks you to "please keep your distance," which sounds a bit like a mixed message. If you don't like sharks or ambiguity, there are still plenty of big fish that aren't sharks in the sea. What's the biggest?

    By A. C. Grimes January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • The Most Expensive Aquarium Fish In The World

    Generally, fish sell for pennies on the dollar, as evidenced by the accepted method of transport -- plastic bag. Maybe it's because most humans think they don't feel pain, but our poor piscine friends don't often get the royal treatment. But some are incredibly expensive.

    By Jim Dykstra January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • Is 'PigeonBot' The Future Of Drones?

    Scientists at Stanford University's Lentink Lab have developed a so-called 'PigeonBot,' the unmanned aerial vehicle modeled after nature's favorite cowboy hat-wearing avians.

    By Tom Meisfjord January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • Why Did People Live So Long In The Bible?

    Theologians have been wrestling with this biblical mystery for millennia: why did Old Testament folks live so gosh dang long while we, with all of our scientific advances, struggle to hit the single century mark?

    By Tom Meisfjord January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • Canada Accidentally Sent A Nuke Alert To Millions Of Citizens

    Imagine just going about your lazy Sunday morning when suddenly, your phone receives a message. Not just any message, mind you -- a cell phone alert from your country's officials, warning about an "incident" at a nearby nuclear plant. Well, that just happened in Canada.

    By Pauli Poisuo January 17th, 2020 Read More
  • The Truth About Witness Protection In The United States

    The Federal Witness Protection Program has been a controversial entity, but it's also protected the lives of numerous individuals. So if you want to know more about this secret organization (without ticking off a mob boss), read on for the truth about the US Witness Protection Program.

    By Nicholas Conley January 16th, 2020 Read More
  • What Does The Bible Say About Dinosaurs?

    "In the beginning," the Bible says, "God created the heavens and the Earth." Six days later, we got people, and things mostly got worse. But hold your prehistoric horse ancestors. What about dinosaurs? Where do they fit into the grand design?

    By Tom Meisfjord January 16th, 2020 Read More
  • Vantablack: The Truth About The Darkest Color On Earth

    Vantablack --an artificial material blacker than black could ever be, and one of the unsung greatest inventions of the past decade. It reflects so little light that if you wore a Vantablack dress, it would be like your arms and legs were sticking out of a Lovecraftian abyss. How is this possible?

    By Nicholas Conley January 16th, 2020 Read More
  • The Craziest Stories That Didn't Make It Into The Bible

    Finalizing the biblical canon took a long time, and quite a few books were left on the cutting room floor. Why? Well, a lot of those books were absolutely bonkers. From talking animals to a murderous Jesus, here are the craziest stories that didn’t make it into the Bible.

    By Benito Cereno January 16th, 2020 Read More
  • 'Solid Stardust' Is Oldest Material Found On Earth

    In 1969, a meteorite came roaring over the town of Murchison, Australia.Riding atop it was ancient stardust. In a 2020 study, scientists dated one of these grains as being around seven billion years old -- making it the most ancient solid material on the planet.

    By Nicholas Conley January 16th, 2020 Read More
  • Physicists Can't Explain Strange Particles Found In Antarctica

    In an announcement presumably presided over by a mysterious husky whose sudden appearance nobody could properly explain, scientists are wrestling with the presence of mysterious, physics-defying particles that have been discovered busting up out of the ice in Antarctica.

    By Tom Meisfjord January 15th, 2020 Read More
  • A Cosmonaut Made 'Space Beef' With A 3D Printer

    Wouldn't it be awesome if they could make space food practically from scratch using a few cells as ingredients? Well, in 2019, a Russian cosmonaut on the ISS provided the first semblance of an answer to that question by making 'space beef.'

    By A. C. Grimes January 15th, 2020 Read More
  • Did Columbus Really See Mermaids?

    Christopher Columbus, as you might have heard, is sort of a big deal in most history books because of the whole "discovered North America thing" -- even if his discovery of the "new" continent was one of those famous events that never actually happened. But you know what did? He saw mermaids.

    By Pauli Poisuo January 14th, 2020 Read More