An unexpected variety of novice marijuana customers stated they ‘d attempt...
A surprising number of potential first-time marijuana users would use the drug in place of an evening beer. That's according to consulting firm A.T. Kearney, which on Wednesday published a report looking at consumer attitudes around the increasingly mainstream cannabis industry. Some 27% percent of survey respondents in Canada and the US said they'd try…
Super-Earths are genuine and they might be an even much better...
Following is a transcript of the video. Astronomers have found dozens of potentially habitable planets outside of our solar system. That's dozens of chances to discover the first alien life! Or plenty of places we could park our first interstellar colonies! But with so many options, how do we know which is best? You might…
The toilet isn’t the dirtiest location in your house
Your home is filled with thousands of species of bug, bacteria, fungus. And while you might assume most live in your bathroom, the dirtiest place in your home isn't your toilet. It's your own body. But it turns out, having lots of biodiversity about your person helps keep you healthy. The following is a transcript…
Obama: ‘Educators are so grossly underpaid in this nation’ that those...
Tax season is upon us with some people getting a break from the Republicans' new tax reforms, others paying more and corporations paying at a much lower base rate. Former President Barack Obama says he knows how painful a big tax bill can be. But he's also learned to have appreciation for what his taxes…
Here’s every place we’ve landed or crashed robots on Mars
The Mars 2020 rover is set to make its way to the Red Planet in 2020. NASA/JPL-Caltech Both NASA and China's space agency hope to launch new rovers for Mars in the coming weeks, and if they make it they'll become the 9th and 10th craft to successfully land on the surface of our planetary…
Inside This Cult Temple of the ‘Flayed Lord,’ Sacrificial Horrors Happened
At the temple site, researchers discovered stone sculptures representing skinned skulls, as well as a stone torso. Credit: Héctor Montaño/INAH Archaeologists in Mexico say they've found a temple dedicated to Xipe Tótec, a god associated with rituals involving skinning sacrificial victims. The discovery marks the first time researchers have found a cult center devoted to…
NASA’s InSight Mars lander got stuck in between a rock in...
NASA's InSight lander set its heat probe, called the Heat and Physical Properties Package (HP3), on the Martian surface on Feb. 12, 2019. NASA/JPL-Caltech/DLR Hammer time appears to be over. NASA's InSight lander, which is currently the rover in charge on the Red Planet, has hit its first snag. The lander has been snapping pics…
Enjoy this flying bike hover in location video
The La Moto Volante from French company Lazareth demonstrated its first stable hover. NASA's helicopter that will fly on Mars has passed its flight tests. And Boston Dynamics' upgraded Handle robot is a champ at warehouse Tetris.
A World Water Day Surprise – The Moon May Be A...
World Water Day is March 22nd, 2019, and the theme is "leave no one behind." In 2010, the United Nations (UN) established that access to water is a human right. Billions of people still live without safe drinking water, particularly marginalized groups around the world. Water is essential to life on Earth and other places in the…
Inside Hong Kong’s lawless ‘walled city’– the most congested put on...
Kowloon Walled City was 119 times as dense as New York City.Greg Girard Slightly north of Hong Kong Island there once stood one of the most densely populated places on earth. From the 1950s until 1994, over 33,000 people lived and worked in Kowloon Walled City, a massive complex of 300 interconnected buildings that took…
