5+ hour, 41+ min ago  (205+ words) With so much going sideways since" forever, it can be hard to recall that some great stuff has happened. This week marked 43 years since Sally Ride strapped her ass" READ THE REST On the night of 21 August 1986, Lake Nyos in…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (311+ words) Since 1954, the star has exploded six times. It is estimated to be "at least 50 times more massive than the Sun." The debris expansion rate is slower than any known supernova by a factor of six " as if the star is…...

5+ hour, 39+ min ago  (204+ words) With so much going sideways since" forever, it can be hard to recall that some great stuff has happened. This week marked 43 years since Sally Ride strapped her ass" READ THE REST According to the Bencao Gangmu, a 16th-century Chinese…...

7+ hour, 49+ min ago  (392+ words) The Old English Wordhord unlocks one medieval word a day, pairing each term with its definition, pronunciation and, often, a manuscript illustration. Creator (of should it be wordwyrm?) Dr. Hana Videen frames the project around the fabulous name: "word-hoard describes…...

5+ hour, 23+ min ago  (240+ words) Jerry Seinfeld described the experience in his 1993 book Seinlanguage, and joked that bookstores should include bathrooms for this reason. Mariko Aoki herself said she is not particularly bothered by having her name attached to it. A study published in Neuroscience…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (263+ words) It shows the rawness of reality and it's framed to hit the conscience of those who suspend their walk for a few seconds and turn their gaze on fascinating scruffy walls in the city center. Apartheid, resistance, fascism, colonialism, revolution,…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (263+ words) Ride also became the first known LGBTQ+ person to reach the stars " something that couldn't have been celebrated during her career, since NASA was still toying with the idea that homosexuality was a "psychiatrically disqualifying condition" as late as the…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (386+ words) This frenzied tongue flicking comes in handy when they're devouring ants out of a mound, of course, but it's also perfect for enjoying every second of water blasting on them from a sprinkler. And it's also hilarious to watch. It's…...

5+ hour, 42+ min ago  (244+ words) Science fiction aficionados and fans of practical effects will want to pour one out today: Brian Johnson, a man responsible for building some of the most iconic sci-fi craft in movies and television history, has died at the age of…...

5+ hour, 50+ min ago  (223+ words) This powerful storm rolled through near Lorenzo, Nebraska, on June 7th, 2026. It ended up being one of those rare setups that looks almost unreal on camera. It started building late in the afternoon and quickly took on a structure that caught…...