Arachnophobia is defined as the “extreme or irrational fear of spiders.” But that “fear” isn’t just limited to Earth. NASA recently shared a creepy image of Mars, showing “’spiders’ begin to emerge from the landscape” from the South Pole of Mars. The … Discuss
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If you were thinking that the ancient Alpine traveler known as Otzi — and often known simply as Iceman — scraped by on a diet of foraged grasses and berries, you’d be very wrong. A comprehensive new study of his stomach contents reveals that Otzi … Discuss
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Over 40 years ago, a NASA mission may have accidentally destroyed what would have been the first discovery of organic molecules on Mars, according to a report from New Scientist. Recently, NASA caused quite a commotion when it announced that its … Discuss
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When the sun was young and faint and the Earth was barely formed, a gigantic black hole in a distant, brilliant galaxy spat out a powerful jet of radiation. That jet contained neutrinos — subatomic particles so tiny and difficult to detect they are … Discuss
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When you think of legendary voyages of discovery you probably think of Columbus and Magellan, or Neil Armstrong walking on the moon. But what may be the greatest journey of exploration mankind has ever undertaken is happening right now. It began in … Discuss
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Alan Dambach was in his late 50s when he noticed how unsteady his hands had become. Over the next decade, his tremor got so bad he had difficulty eating with a spoon or fixing equipment at his family’s tree farm in western Pennsylvania. “I couldn’t get … Discuss
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Forty-six years after the last flight to the moon, humans are a decade or so away from putting a boot down on Mars. Like early explorations of Asia and the New World centuries ago, expeditions to Mars will last years. Depending on Mars’ position … Discuss
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Bananas might be in serious danger of going extinct. According to the BBC, a wild banana that may hold the key to protecting the world’s edible banana crop has been added to the extinction list. The banana grows in Madagascar, where there are … Discuss
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A meteorite that crashed near the American Pacific coast on March 7, 2018 has been causing quite a stir for the past few days. NASA researcher Marc Fries is currently on a research expedition — he’s looking for remains of the meteorite, which landed on the seabed … Discuss
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It turns out that Uranus is so weird because of a massive collision billions of years ago. A new study confirms that this collision with a huge object — which was approximately twice the size of Earth — could have led to the planet’s extreme tilt and other odd … Discuss
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