Kelly Dickerson
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There's a mind-blowing theory about camel evolution that might surprise you
It’s hard to think of an animal better adapted for a hot, desert climate than a camel. They are the quintessential desert animal. Or are they? A few years ago scientists uncovered bewildering fossil evidence that camels once roamed in the Arctic Circle — the exact opposite of their niche habitat today. Latif Nasser, Radiolab‘s director of research, told the story during a live TED Talk in New… → Read More
Scientists just spotted a bunch of mysterious balls of plasma in space
They're like a stream of red-hot bubbles in space. → Read More
Tech billionaires are trying to develop a way to break us out of 'The Matrix'
How would we even know? → Read More
Astrology is bullsh*t. NASA's scathing takedown perfectly explains why.
This epic Tumblr post is a scorching mic drop against astrology. → Read More
Stephen Hawking is really worried about aliens, but here’s why he shouldn’t be
It might not be such a bad idea to try and talk to aliens. → Read More
The 'impossible' EM Drive is about to be tested in space
Fingers crossed this thing works. → Read More
Mars may have been habitable much more recently than we thought
Water may have existed there not very long ago. → Read More
NASA just captured an incredible look at a black hole eating a star
When a star drifts too close to a black hole, it meets a grisly fate. The black hole stretches out the star and eventually swallows it up. The violent feeding frenzy is called a "stellar tidal disruption," according to NASA. The event generates a massive amount of energy and huge flares of high-energy radiation. Previously, we didn't know much about tidal disruptions because it's hard to catch a… → Read More
Scientists just solved a 3-million-year-old mystery about one of our early human ancestors
Poor Lucy. → Read More
This is where all the animals will go when climate change kills their habitats
Animals will have to head for the poles. → Read More
Scientists found a galaxy that’s 99.99% dark matter
This could help us finally figure out what dark matter is. → Read More
Scientists just discovered a monster young star with 30 times the mass of our sun
This is a rare opportunity for scientists to study how giant stars form. → Read More
NASA just contacted a spacecraft it’s been trying to reach for over a year
The spacecraft could teach us a lot about the sun. → Read More
Before you know it, most cities will be too hot to host the Summer Olympics
San Francisco will be the only suitable U.S. city left. → Read More
NASA and the Navy just set an amazing world record
Another win for NASA. → Read More
Zika virus could be more harmful than we thought
Preliminary research suggests Zika could be a problem for adult brains too. → Read More
A Physicist Just Created a Black Hole in a Lab — And Stephen Hawking Should Be Thrilled
What's more, it may have just proved a 42-year-old Stephen Hawking theory. → Read More
A Habitable Planet Might Be Orbiting Our Nearest Star, Proxima Centauri
This could be HUGE. → Read More
Scientists Found Huge Liquid-Filled Canyons on Saturn’s Moon — Titan
It's the only other body in the solar system that has liquid oceans and rivers on its surface. → Read More
Kepler's K2 Mission Just Uncovered Its First 5-Planet System
This was a rare find. → Read More