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One day while you're ordering your latte while swiping left on Tinder hopefuls, you'll feel the earth tremble beneath your feet as a massive asteroid collides with our planet. Now, NASA and the European Space Agency have teamed up to practice smashing these potential planet-wrecking asteroids.
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Study Shows Underwater Speakers Help Bring Dying Coral Reefs Back To Life
Coral reefs are the rainforests of the sea. Scientists have found a new way to help bring them back to life -- with underwater speakers. -
Farmers Test VR Headsets To Show Cows Greener Pastures
If you like animals, then you'll either udderly love or hate this story. But either way you'll have a cow. According to Forbes, Russian farmers are now testing virtual reality headsets for dairy cows to increase their milk production. -
When Will The World Run Out Of Water?
You might not know this, but water is pretty important. It's what fills our balloons, cleans our hubcaps and comes out of the top of locomotives when they toot! Which begs the question: Is there ever a time when we'll run out of the stuff? -
The Real Reason Black Friday Is Called Black Friday
Black Friday is a consumer's dream and an agoraphobic's worst nightmare. Here's how Black Friday got its horror movie name. -
Here's How Michael Bloomberg Spends His Billions
Though he's toyed with the idea in the past, it seems that billionaire Michael Bloomberg, a one-time Republican is actually running for president in 2020 as a democratic candidate. How does the richest man in New York and the ninth richest man in America spend his money? -
Minnesota's Largest Candy Store Got A Tank To Protect Against 'Bad Guys'
It's important to discipline your children at an early age. After all, what starts as a toddler's hand in the candy jar is but a step away from a veiny claw clutching a cash register -- which is why Minnesota's largest candy store just got a military-grade tank to guard its parking lot. -
The Longest A Human Has Ever Run Without Stopping
The human body is capable of far more than what we ask of it in a normal day. Some people like to test those limits, like Dean Karnazes, a world-famous endurance runner who ran longer than anyone else, ever, to "test the physical limits of his body while raising money for childhood organ donation." -
The Real Reason Jeff Bezos Wants To Buy An NFL Team
For most of us, a $100 Keno windfall at the local neighborhood bar and grill means a big splurge. So when you're among the world's richest people of all time like Jeff Bezos, you can afford to flex in bigger, brawnier ways -- like buying your neighborhood NFL team. -
Chicken Soup Good For Both Soul And Malaria, Research Suggests
Apparently, the soul isn't the only thing chicken soup is good for -- based on findings from a British primary school's National Science Week project, it's also great for malaria. -
Here's How Much College Athletes Will Get Paid Now
The NCAA's governing board has finally voted that college athletes should be allowed to receive compensation. Now that the "federal" governing board of the NCAA has voted, it's up to the three divisions to decide on specific rules and details. But how much money will they get paid now? -
The Real Reason Motley Crue Broke Their Promise To Fans To Never Tour Again
Motley Crue is full of surprises -- like the time they signed off on a country music tribute album with acts like Rascal Flatts. So it might not come as a surprise that the Crue is surprising fans once more by breaking their promise to never tour again. What gives? -
Wu-Tang Clan Is Planning A Theme Park In South Korea
In South Korea, they do things a bit differently -- which is why the Wu-Tang Clan has chosen to build a theme park there. -
Rod Stewart Took 26 Years To Build A Massive Model Train Set
"If you like my train set, and you think it's sexy, Come on, sugar, tell me so" -- Perhaps this is how Rod Stewart's hit song should have gone after he recently revealed he's been hard at work building a model train set for the past 26 years. -
The Most Expensive Plant In The World
It's natural to feel a calling to commune with all things green. But just how much green would you be willing to shell out to have a special plant for yourself? In terms of the most expensive plant in the world, it'll cost you seven figures. -
'Magical Unicorn Puppy' With Tail On Forehead Adds 'Puppercorn' Spice To Life
Life for many people in the Western world has become increasingly devoid of meaning. But just when you might have called it quits at work, sold your car and bought a ticket to Timbuktu, something happened. A puppy... nay, a savior was born. Not just any puppy -- a unicorn puppy dog. -
This Company Just Created 'Meat' From Air
The domain of science fiction is shrinking into science fact -- the same week we learned you can make vodka from carbon dioxide, the company Air Protein has announced it can make a form of meat from thin air. -
The Secret History Of Egypt's Black Pharaohs
Egypt was a very cosmopolitan culture with a diverse mix of ethnicities. In fact, there was a time when Egypt's rulers were black, hailing from the kingdom of Kush, located in modern-day Sudan and Upper Egypt. Why don't more people know about Egypt's black pharaohs? -
Sunken US Navy Submarine Discovered Off Okinawa After 75 Years
If you think spellchecking doesn't matter, prepare to have your boat rocked. A 75-year mystery regarding the location of the U.S.S. Grayback has finally been solved, thanks to the correction of a single-digit typo. -
If You Got A Mysterious Text This Week, Here's Why
The Twitter-verse is ablaze with reports of ghost texts being sent in the middle of the night, ranging from mildly strange statements about diabetes to the downright disturbing — "Help me." Out of context, these are seriously freaky things to receive at 4 a.m., so just what the Hades is going on? -
This Startup Is Helping Save The Planet By Turning Carbon Dioxide To Vodka
Vodka isn't typically associated with much more than underage consumption and the taste of impending shame. Isn't it about time everyone's favorite flavorless spirit got some positive press? The folks at Air Co. would be inclined to agree. After all, they're making vodka from air pollution. -
Why Dirty Jobs Was Once Canceled
Dirty Jobs was one of the Discovery Channel's biggest hit shows of all time. So it's a bit baffling why it was canceled after just eight seasons. -
The Most Powerful Bruce Lee Quotes
There are entire books filled with Bruce Lee quotes, and whether or not you've heard them before, they are guaranteed to provoke thought and motivate you. Here are some of his most powerful quotes. -
Can Beards Get Lice?
Remember getting called out of class to have someone comb through your hair with a popsicle stick? What was all that about? Why were they sending home ominous slips of paper warning parents about "infestations" and grooming children like chimpanzees? Lice, of course! But can they get in your beard? -
These Butterflies Are Changing What Scientists Think About Evolution
The fact that the butterfly effect is still associated more with Ashton Kutcher than actual science points to the obvious -- people generally find pop culture more interesting than popular science. But all that may change, because butterflies are now affecting what scientists think about evolution. -
The Real Reason Fear Factor Was Canceled
The reason Fear Factor was canceled was because of an episode titled, "Hee Haw! Hee Haw!", which is pretty cringey in its own right. -
The Untold Truth Of Michael Jordan
Michael Jordan transcended his basketball stardom to become an international legend. This is the untold truth of Michael Jordan.