for inquiring minds and the curiously inclined

Welp, we’re officially launching wine into space. And technically, we’ve done it before - just not at the same scale. In 1985, Chateau...

If you read our article on Hypatia you know how much we love learning about the incredible women who've shaped history. Well, another...

The term ‘space junk’ sounds like a euphemism for Captain Kirk’s nether regions, but we assure you, it’s real and it’s not sexy. Ever...

The 60s was filled with mini skirts, free love, and experimental brain surgery. Wait what? Yep. First used in the 1940s to cure epilepsy,...

One of the biggest misconceptions about gravity is that it doesn't exist in space. But the truth is, gravity is what keeps the planets in...

If you’ve ever been curious about what the streets of 16th century Europe smelled like, wonder no more. A new project aiming to catalog...

If you find LED lights oddly annoying, you’re not alone. They can cause headaches and - wait for it - general malaise. Before we begin,...

Ah, the Periodic Table of Elements. A staple of chemistry and a frightful sight for high school students who know they’ll have to...

Twenty-four planets that may possess conditions habitable for life (as we understand it) were recently identified. Not only do these...

At first glance, the Copernican Principle may seem rather depressing. Proposed by Polish astronomer, Nicolaus Copernicus in the 16th...

In the 1200s, Italian doctor Theodoric of Lucca reportedly used sponges dipped in opium and mandragora to soften the blow of surgery....

Turns out - we’ve been wrong about how sperm move for over 350 years. Yep, we’re talking sperm this week - saddle up. In the late 1600s,...

Since its launch in 1990, the Hubble Telescope has been taking awe-inspiring pictures of our solar system, distance galaxies, and...

The evolution of modern homo sapiens may be even more complicated than originally thought. During recent studies of our genome,...

In 2003, philosopher Nick Bostrom published a paper in the Philosophical Quarterly titled “Are you living in a simulation?” As you can...

How many intelligent alien civilizations do you think there are in the universe? 5? 4000? Just us? During the 1960s, while working as a...

Since 1972, scientists have been quietly adding seconds to our clocks because - don’t panic - the earth is slowing down. No, we’re not...

Concrete is used all over the world in a variety of applications. But after years of wear and tear, it can crack, crumble and look pretty...

For the past 30 years, scientists have been studying over 70,000 generations of E. coli bacteria as they evolve and adapt to...

Sometimes, water can be so 'organized' it appears frozen (big virgo energy). But how? Well, when water particles travel at orderly speeds...