Science

We’ve all seen the videos of those brilliant working dogs, right? The Border Collies herding farm animals on a single command, the German Shepherds assisting law enforcement, the cadaver dogs helping locate missing people on a mountain… Well, if you figured one of those types of dogs would top the list of smartest breeds, it...

Many thousands of people enjoy getting manicures on a semi-regular basis. It’s a relatively cheap and easy way to feel pampered, and if you look good, you feel good, right? Since gel manicures have become more popular for their long-lasting polish, more and more people are sticking their fingertips into those UV dryers to set...

There are some people who accept the existence of the paranormal – ghosts, demons, and the like – as just part of life. Others are more skeptical, but there’s no denying there might be something to it, as we’ve been having this conversation for hundreds of years. What if there’s a connection between seeing/believing and...

Honesty is always the best policy, right? RIGHT?!?! Well, I guess that’s open to interpretation! Take a look at what this woman had to say and let us know if you think she acted like an a**hole! AITA for being honest about why I’m losing weight? “I (20F) have always had issues with my family,...

People love knowing more about where we come from, and the internet has obviously made it easier for anyone to dabble in genealogy – and for us to be able to track down lines that go back hundreds of years. It makes sense, then, that anthropologists and historians, geologists and the like, could use the...

If there’s one thing that science fiction authors and screenwriters have always seemed to agree on, it’s that human beings would have to figure out how to travel at the speed of light (or faster) if we’re going to be able to catapult ourselves into the far reaches of space. Of course, if you believe...

There might be endless mysteries waiting out there in the universe, but if you think about it, there’s also no shortage of places left to explore right here on earth. There are deep jungles, tall mountains, endless oceans, and yes, the miles and miles of discoveries waiting to be made beneath the earth’s crust. Scientists...

Even though it’s been decades since NASA first put humans on the surface of the moon, everyone is still talking about it. In fact, no one has stopped talking about how important it was and how badly we want and need to return, but it turns out space travel is expensive, difficult, and dangerous. Now, though,...