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Celebrate Back To The Future Day With These Astounding Behind-The-Scenes Photos

Ever since Back to the Future II hit theaters in 1989, we’ve all been able to nurse fantastical ideas of what Earth might look like on October 21, 2015. When Marty McFly rode the DeLorean to that very date, he found a world of hoverboards, flying cars, and self-tying shoes....

By John Kuroski • Oct 21, 2015

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Celebrate Back To The Future Day With These Astounding Behind-The-Scenes Photos

Ever since Back to the Future II hit theaters in 1989, we’ve all been able to nurse fantastical ideas of what Earth might look like on October 21, 2015. When Marty McFly rode the DeLorean to that very date, he found a world of hoverboards, flying cars, and self-tying shoes....

By John Kuroski • October 21, 2015

Video Of The Day: This Is How A Human Body Decomposes

Inside the world's largest body farm, where research is conducted on the incredible process of human decomposition.

By All That's Interesting • Oct 20, 2015

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Video Of The Day: This Is How A Human Body Decomposes

Inside the world's largest body farm, where research is conducted on the incredible process of human decomposition.

By All That's Interesting • October 20, 2015

Inside The Lowline Lab, The Prototype For The World’s First Underground Park

The Lowline Lab, a prototype for the larger Lowline underground park, is now open to the public in New York City.

By Nickolaus Hines • Oct 20, 2015

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Inside The Lowline Lab, The Prototype For The World’s First Underground Park

The Lowline Lab, a prototype for the larger Lowline underground park, is now open to the public in New York City.

By Nickolaus Hines • October 20, 2015

Our Favorite Images Of Pluto — So Far

Images from the New Horizons spacecraft continue to astound scientists and space enthusiasts alike. Here are our favorite Pluto pictures.

By Savannah Cox • Oct 17, 2015

Our Favorite Images Of Pluto — So Far

Images from the New Horizons spacecraft continue to astound scientists and space enthusiasts alike. Here are our favorite Pluto pictures.

By Savannah Cox • October 17, 2015

Mushroom-Powered Batteries And Plastic-Eating Worms May Help Solve Our Waste Problem

Discarded plastics and batteries pose substantial problems to the environment, but this week researchers have revealed two potential — if not surprising — tools we can use to reduce both their incidence and effects: mealworms and mushrooms. Really, hear us out. This week, researchers at University of California, Riverside, Stanford...

By Savannah Cox • Oct 2, 2015

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Mushroom-Powered Batteries And Plastic-Eating Worms May Help Solve Our Waste Problem

Discarded plastics and batteries pose substantial problems to the environment, but this week researchers have revealed two potential — if not surprising — tools we can use to reduce both their incidence and effects: mealworms and mushrooms. Really, hear us out. This week, researchers at University of California, Riverside, Stanford...

By Savannah Cox • October 2, 2015

Scientists Recently Named A Sea Slug Species After Khaleesi. Here’s Why.

No, you’re not seeing double. This neon green-and-orange sea slug really does have two heads. Divers working on a documentary about Borneo caught this two-faced nudibranch in action, according to recent reports. While no one understands the exact cause of its deformity, the truth is that even with two heads,...

By All That's Interesting • Sep 16, 2015

Scientists Recently Named A Sea Slug Species After Khaleesi. Here’s Why.

No, you’re not seeing double. This neon green-and-orange sea slug really does have two heads. Divers working on a documentary about Borneo caught this two-faced nudibranch in action, according to recent reports. While no one understands the exact cause of its deformity, the truth is that even with two heads,...

By All That's Interesting • September 16, 2015

Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Takes A Big Step Forward Google may have just taken its most important step yet in making the self-driving car a reality. And it didn’t happen in a lab, testing track or anywhere of the sort. It’s happening in a board room. Later this month, auto...

By John Kuroski • Sep 14, 2015

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Your World This Week, Volume XIII

Google’s Self-Driving Car Project Takes A Big Step Forward Google may have just taken its most important step yet in making the self-driving car a reality. And it didn’t happen in a lab, testing track or anywhere of the sort. It’s happening in a board room. Later this month, auto...

By John Kuroski • September 14, 2015

De-Extinction: The Who, How, When, And Why Of Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life

In 1598, the Dutch landed on the island of Mauritius, just off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Here, they were met by a massive population of flightless, naive, meaty birds. Salivating, the sailors happily began killing them, kindly bestowing the name “dodo” upon the shell-shocked animals. Over...

By Callie Stewart • Sep 3, 2015

De-Extinction: The Who, How, When, And Why Of Bringing Extinct Species Back To Life

In 1598, the Dutch landed on the island of Mauritius, just off the coast of Madagascar in the Indian Ocean. Here, they were met by a massive population of flightless, naive, meaty birds. Salivating, the sailors happily began killing them, kindly bestowing the name “dodo” upon the shell-shocked animals. Over...

By Callie Stewart • September 3, 2015

5 Amazing Citizen Science Projects You Can Join Right Now

You don't always need a lab or an advanced degree to make contributions to science. As citizen science shows, sometimes you just need Wi-Fi.

By Savannah Cox • Aug 25, 2015

5 Amazing Citizen Science Projects You Can Join Right Now

You don't always need a lab or an advanced degree to make contributions to science. As citizen science shows, sometimes you just need Wi-Fi.

By Savannah Cox • August 25, 2015

The Future Is Now: The Real Life Cyborgs Among Us

Cyborgs are no longer confined to the pages of your favorite sci-fi novel. Real life cyborgs are here now.

By Erin Kelly • Aug 23, 2015

The Future Is Now: The Real Life Cyborgs Among Us

Cyborgs are no longer confined to the pages of your favorite sci-fi novel. Real life cyborgs are here now.

By Erin Kelly • August 23, 2015

Human Echolocation: How The Blind Can “See,” And How We’re Holding Them Back

Think back to when you were very young and someone first explained blindness to you. If you were me, it was a menopausal primary school teacher telling you to stand up and close your eyes. “That is what it is to be blind,” she said, fanning herself. “Your eyes don’t...

By Callie Stewart • Aug 20, 2015

Human Echolocation: How The Blind Can “See,” And How We’re Holding Them Back

Think back to when you were very young and someone first explained blindness to you. If you were me, it was a menopausal primary school teacher telling you to stand up and close your eyes. “That is what it is to be blind,” she said, fanning herself. “Your eyes don’t...

By Callie Stewart • August 20, 2015