Chernobyl's Control Room Is Now Open to Tourists … for 5 Minutes By Yasemin Saplakoglu Chernobyl tour companies have confirmed that the control room is open to the brave souls who wish to be closer to the scene of the disaster
Oobleck's Weird Properties Demystified By Stephanie Pappas Scientists have made the first 3D model of cornstarch and water, a bizarre substance called oobleck.
Meat Grown in Space for the First Time Ever By Chelsea Gohd This cultivated meat is "slaughter-free."
Elon Musk Doesn't Know Where the Aliens Are (So, Stop Asking) By Chelsea Gohd At a recent event in Boca Chica, Texas, SpaceX CEO Elon Musk confirms that, to his knowledge, we haven't yet discovered aliens.
Falling Fireballs Crashed in Chile Last Week. They Weren't Meteorites, Experts Say. By Nicoletta Lanese Chilean officials are investigating a curious collection of burning objects that fell onto parts of the country last week.
Could E.T. Have Bugged a Space Rock to Listen In on Earthlings? By Stephanie Pappas Mysterious objects trapped in Earth's orbit could be a place to look for alien surveillance technology.
Watch Supersonic Shock Waves Launch from a Bottle of Champagne By Yasemin Saplakoglu The split-second pop of a champagne cork is created by a quick escape of high-pressure gas long stuck in the bottle's neck.
UFOs Are Real — and You Were Never Supposed to See Them, Military Official Says By Brandon Specktor Remember those viral UFO videos you saw last year? The government would like you to forget them, please.
Long-Standing Problem of 'Golden Ratio' and Other Irrational Numbers Solved with 'Magical Simplicity' By Leila Sloman Mathematicians have finally proved a conjecture on approximating numbers with fractions
Florida Man Discovers Decades-Old Dead Body Using Google Earth By Mindy Weisberger ecades after a man in Florida mysteriously disappeared, Google Earth revealed the location of his skeletal remains — inside a submerged car.
What a Waste! Frozen Poop Knives Are Crappy Cutters, Scientists Find By Mindy Weisberger Scientists ponder a wide variety of probing questions in pursuit of knowledge. One of those questions — can a knife made of frozen feces cut flesh? — has just been answered.
On Friday the 13th, Don't Be Freaked Out by the 'Micromoon' By Stephanie Pappas The full moon of September 2019 is poised to provide some eerie atmosphere.
Rare, Two-Headed Rattlesnake Named 'Double Dave' Rescued from Certain Doom in New Jersey By Brandon Specktor Four eyes, two tongues, can't lose.
Two Mathematicians Just Solved a Decades-Old Math Riddle — and Possibly the Meaning of Life By Brandon Specktor The answer is 42... but what was the question??
Loch Ness Contains No 'Monster' DNA, Say Scientists By Tom Metcalfe A scientific survey of the waters of Loch Ness found it contains no traces of "monster" DNA at all, adding weight to the already-likely prospect that "Nessie" doesn't really exist.
Mysterious Underwater Thieves Steal 1,600-Lb. Observatory from Bottom of Baltic Sea By Rafi Letzter No tide, storm or large animal could have moved the underwater metal bulk.
Mathematician Wins $3 Million Breakthrough Prize for 'Magic Wand Theorem' By Rafi Letzter Their research answered many questions. Among them: What happens if you put a candle in a room full of perfect mirrors?
Here's Why DARPA Wants to Borrow a Labyrinth of Underground Urban Tunnels By Rafi Letzter DARPA would like to enter your labyrinthine network of underground, urban tunnels.
Quantum Gravity Could Reverse Cause and Effect By Stephanie Pappas Any theory of quantum gravity is going to have to grapple with some weird time stuff.
Venomous Brown Recluse Spider Crawls into Woman's Ear By Isobel Whitcomb Susie Torres didn't expect that the strange 'swishing noise' she was hearing would turn out to have eight legs.
