If anyone else heads to the International Space Station, they're going to need to circle until Friday waiting for a…
If anyone else heads to the International Space Station, they're going to need to circle until Friday waiting for a…
If you happen to be in Melbourne, Australia this month, you can see Daniel Agdag's creations live at his "The…
I feel like tonight, we are all this dog. And we are trying to hard to be the fox.
Warning: The awful image spam is back. You can read what was happening here. I hate to do this, but since nights don't have the staff days do to handle it, I'm going to close comments for the new posts going forward. I'm sorry. Update: It looks like we have a fix so comments on last night's posts are open again.
You do a thankless job. Except that I think everybody on the o-deck really appreciates it. Even if we don't say so.
For the first time in its 78-year history, a woman has bagged a Fields Medal, essentially the Nobel Prize for…
In the wake of the death of Robin Williams, there has been an outpouring of grief, disbelief and just general feels…
Being a chick, am I supposed to read Jezebel more than io9? I find them equally interesting; I even read Deadspin and Jalopnik, just to keep an open mind and stay informed about things that other people with whom I might converse may find interesting. In all seriousness, thanks for the shout-out as a fellow human…
This month is the 200th anniversary of the British capture of Washington, DC, and the torching of the White House.…
Forensic meteorology is the science of using historic weather records, atmospheric data, eyewitness accounts, and…
The Doctor has worn many faces over the years, but what happens when you average out all of those faces? This video…
Sometimes going on a trip or vacation makes you feel like you've stepped through a wormhole and into another world.…
Sometimes, watching two animals in a slow, playful tussle is just what we need.
None of these beat an alien who was stuck living in a wall in another dimension and possessed the body of a physicist trying to discover that dimension.
Honestly, I just think he doesn't get it. The kind of trolling women's websites get are really different than what happens on the sports or news sites. Yeah, Gawker gets trolls — specifically, they have a huge issue with racist trolls right now — but there is a very concerted and specific effort at harassing women in…
What does publishing, writing or reading articles on dumb topics have to do with not wanting to see violent porn gifs unexpectedly?
The Felis catus genome has been fully sequenced and annotated, which means your pet kitty is about to give up its…
Perhaps this explains why cats are constantly beheading their prey.
Researchers studying a 5,000-year-old archaeological site in China have discovered that wildcats first came to…