In the mid 1880s, a hardworking lamplighter in New York came up with an unusual solution to a problem that could have cost him his livelihood: oversleeping. Sam...
Before you cannonball into that refreshing pool, look before you leap. It could just be filled to the brim with blood-sucking lampreys. And they’re hungry. How would...
On March 23, 2024, brothers Taylen and Wyatt Brooks headed into the woods near Georgetown, California, to search for deer antlers. Both were experienced hunters and...
The delicate balance of the entire Solar System exists in a gravitational dance between planets. Swap the orbits of two of them and you could end up wreaking all kinds...
Look up tonight and you would see 79 moons instead of one. Most would look like unusually bright stars, but four of them would hang there as full glowing disks. It would...
MSN New, Cosmos
A Hole in Earth’s Magnetic Shield Is Drifting and Splitting in Two, and Satellites Are at Risk
There is a weak spot in the magnetic shield protecting our planet, and it is not staying still. It drifts slowly westward, and measurements suggest it may be splitting...
Everyone knows what a sunset looks like. Reds and oranges bleeding across the horizon, the day fading out the way it always has. Then you visit Mars, where the exact...
MSN New, Cosmos, Earth
Every Blazar We Can See Is Already Aimed at Earth, and Here Is How Long We’d Have
Here is the part that unsettles astronomers. Every blazar we can see is already pointing its jet directly at Earth. Not most of them. All of them. Any blazar aiming its...
Millions of people packed into Tokyo’s subway system on the morning of March 20, 1995, exactly as they did every weekday. Trains ran on time. Office workers drank...
Rodents make up 75 percent of all animals used in scientific testing. They breed easily, and their physiology and genes overlap enough with ours to stand in for us. Take...
Imagine walking across a field and suddenly seeing an animal taller than a building, stretching farther than a basketball court. It sounds impossible, but creatures of...
Have you ever played your favorite song for your dog or cat and wondered whether they actually enjoy it? Your pet may sit quietly beside you while the music plays, but...
