Milky Way helps dung beetles get their poo home safely
Dung beetles – obsessive collectors and eaters of poo, or sophisticated galactic navigators? Both, actually. A report published online today in Current Biology, shows that even on the darkest of...
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Human skulls found with spines attached like some bunch of alien trophies
In a lake not really near anywhere somewhere in the middle of Mexico, there are skulls. Human skulls, numbering in the hundreds. And they have vertebrae attached. Now we’re not saying it’s a Predator...
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Rover finds shiny thing on Mars, possibly metal. With 3D goodness
The headline from UniverseToday says it all: Another Weird Shiny Thing on Mars. Add this to the list that already contains alien skulls, human faces, space stations and plastic flowers – a chunk of...
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Join the Rebel Alliance. Kill this Death Star Kickstarter thing before it begins
The Force has been unleashed. And it’s tripping along surprisingly well in the face of the possibility of Earthlings building a fully operational Death Star. We’re talking about building X-Wing...
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Alien rock map mimics Carl Sagan’s Pioneer 10 scribbles
Evidence of aliens has been found that proves they’re a bunch of plagiarising, Carl Sagan worshippers. These two rocks from Indonesia have been lobbed in as the latest proof the Pioneer 10 probe has...
View ArticleGoogle Nexus to test sound of screams in space
In space, no one can hear you scream…. Really? We’re about to find out, because a team of researchers from the University of Surrey have launched a smartphone into orbit to test the classic line from...
View ArticleChile’s giant frickin’ laser shoots 90km, creates star
Wicked Lasers, this is how you do it. The Very Large Telescope in Chile has just unleashed the full power of a laser that’s bright enough to act as a MANMADE STAR. The specs are a bit sketchy, but the...
View ArticleHubble spots Space Invader. No need to panic.
Aliens are headed our way. Fortunately, they’re 2 billion light years away and can only move a couple of pixels per second. Hubble has just released this image of what is clearly an upper level Space...
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Mum probably wishes she’d never seen ‘Alien’, as face pushes out from...
It’s enough to make you wish you’d never seen That Bit of science-fiction movie Alien. Expectant parent Karen and David McMartin snapped this photo of Karen’s pregnant belly, looking horrifyingly like...
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Inside this Alien Egg BDSM prop, no one can hear you scream
I’ve had the chance to try this at Rubber Cult and I just wanted to stay in forever. This is the best inflatable rubber contraption ever. It takes you back to the womb literally. That gush from Robert...
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10 mysterious substances you should probably steer clear of
What would you do if evil, stinking foam suddenly started rising through your street? The best advice says stay away. Natural history says good things have usually been in place for thousands of years....
View ArticleSinkholes, mental giant hovercrafts and UFOs trying to steal cows. Thank us...
It’s a great Friday for the YouTubes. Here’s three extremely important ones you might have missed, all wrapped up in one URL. Sinkholes, mental giant hovercrafts and UFOs trying to steal cows. Oh my.
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NASA sued for not investigating Opportunity’s Mars jelly doughnut
NASA is being sued for failing to properly investigate the Mars jelly doughnut. Californian astrobiologist Rhawn Joseph filed a petition in U.S. District Court asking it to compel NASA to...
View ArticleHere’s Patrick Stewart being awesome for the eleventy-billionth time....
China’s Jade Rabbit moon rover looks like being a massively expensive, hideous embarrassment. It made it to the moon, then something stopped. Namely, it’s ability to shut down, which is a bad thing. At...
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Ball Lightning Strikes 170 Pigs, Leaving Just A Bunch Of Crackling Ears
Picture: CEN Ball lightning is real; just ask these 170 Chinese pigs. But don’t expect an answer, because they’re dead, having been struck by ball lightning. They were lumped in with a group of 400...
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