Astronomers who detected "strange signals" that appeared to come from a small, dim star have finally gotten to the bottom of the mystery. Researchers first picked up what they now call the "Weird!" signal on May 12 using the Arecibo…
It was 2 o’clock on a Tuesday and I felt surprisingly awake. Attentive. Even productive. I love my job, but on a normal afternoon I find myself searching for distractions in the depths of my inbox and on Facebook. That…
Considering that American adults spend at least one-third of their lives at work, it makes sense that your workspace contribute to your overall health. Take a few seconds to look at how you’re sitting, where your monitor is positioned, and…
Before Steve Aoki became a music superstar, he was the founder of his own music label Dim Mak — which he started when he was just 19 years old. Unfortunately for him, that was just a couple years before the rise of…
Aphex Twin’s “Vordhosbn” just got a surprising video reveal, showing how the track was made. So let’s revisit trackers and 90s underground music culture. You’re probably familiar with the term “white label,” but where did that term originate?”? Back in…
Cecil the Lion’s son killed by trophy hunter Cecil the Lion’s death shocked the world in 2015. Now his son was hunted two years later. Image: Sean Herbert/AP/REX/Shutterstock By Sasha Lekach2017-07-20 18:32:32 UTC Memories of Cecil the Lion and his…
Image credit: Joe Raedle/Getty At some point in your life you’ll have an awkward conversation. Parties, networking events, dinners with the President where you pretend you don’t speak English, they’re all mine fields potentially littered with awkward pauses, regrettable jokes,…
Earlier today, TMZ delivered the tragic news that Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington committed suicide on what would have been Chris Cornell’s 53rd birthday. Bennington was a close friend of Cornell’s and wrote this letter the day of Audioslave frontman…
17 lesser-known photos from the Apollo 11 mission By Lili Sams and Marcus Gilmer2017-07-20 20:03:40 UTC It’s been 48 years since NASA’s historic Apollo 11 mission in which Neil Armstrong and pilot Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to ever…
One way to prevent the Earth’s temperature from rising into a city-drowning, hurricane-strengthening, heat-stroke–triggering danger zone is to immediately switch from fossil fuels to renewable energy sources. At the moment, that transition seems unlikely. So scientists and tech innovators are also investigating various forms…