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Artist’s impression of Oumuamua, the first visitor to our solar system from interstellar space. (ESO/M. Kornmessar via Wikimedia Commons)

Radio Telescope Finds No Signs of Alien Life in Interstellar Object

April 12, 2018

Soon after the October 2017 discovery of Oumuamua, the first confirmed interstellar object to visit our solar system, rumors and conspiracy theories began popping up all over the Internet. Because of its suspected origins, as well as its odd, flat, cigar-shaped appearance, word started to spread that the object was actually an alien interstellar space […]

Fake News Graffiti, Friargate Railway Station, Derby, UK (Eamon Curry via Flickr/Creative Commons 2.0)

Study: Lies Spread Quicker and Farther Than Truth

March 12, 2018

Over the years the Internet and social media have proved themselves valuable resources for our daily lives. In tandem, the two have provided us with an invaluable means of communication, allowing us to gather and share a wide range of information. But the Internet along with social media platforms, like Facebook and Twitter, have also […]

Lil Bub is one of the more popular felines on the Internet. (Mike Bridavsky/www.lilbub.com)

Science Scanner: Cat Videos Can Help You, Permanent Dust Cloud Surrounds Moon

June 17, 2015

Watching Cat Videos Can Give You a Boost You can hardly surf the Internet without stumbling across a cat video, and new research suggests those videos could actually be good for you.  Of all the categories of YouTube video content, videos of cats have had more views per video. It’s been suggested that there were […]

Cornell’s ‘Robo Brain’ Helps Robots Learn

August 25, 2014

Researchers at Cornell University are developing “Robo Brain”, a knowledgebase/database that could be an invaluable resource for those who build and program robots. To get them to operate and carry out their assigned tasks – which could range from simple household chores to bomb detection or even performing surgery – robots are programmed with specific […]

NASA Lunar Explorer Has Smashing End

April 18, 2014

NASA’s Lunar Atmosphere and Dust Environment Explorer, or LADEE mission had a smashing ending early Friday morning when the US space agency crashed the spacecraft into the moon’s surface. The ground controllers, monitoring the spacecraft’s operations from NASA’s Ames Research Center in Moffett Field, California, confirmed that it impacted the lunar surface as planned sometime […]

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