As millions around the world watched on smartphones, T.V.s, or in person, Artemis II and its four-person crew burst from the ground on April 1 and successfully began its 10-day…
NASA/Aubrey Gemignani NASA’s Space Launch System rocket and Orion spacecraft lift off in this April 1, 2026, image. NASA’s Artemis II mission will take NASA astronauts Reid Wiseman, Victor Glover,…
Nearly all fish spend their entire lives in water—it’s sort of a big qualification to classify as a fish, after all. However, some species occasionally behave in ways that recall…
At this time yesterday, there were only nine toilets in space. Today, the freshly-launched Orion space capsule’s commode makes it an even 10. Orion (on its way around the moon):…
It’s nearly ice cream season again, and with it, its accompanying nuisance—the brain freeze. You know the feeling: the sudden pain that erupts in your upper face and forehead when…
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The SLS (Space Launch System) launches with the Artemis II crew aboard the Orion spacecraft on April 1, 2026, at NASA’s Kennedy Space Center in Florida. Credit: NASA/Bill Ingalls Spurred…
Mushrooms are social butterflies. Seemingly small communities of fungi separated by hundreds of feet are frequently connected via vast underground webs known as mycelial networks. While these allow the fungi…
At the New England Wildlife Center in Massachusetts, owls and falcons get pedicure services. No, this isn’t an April fools’ joke! Unfortunately, these rescued birds cannot be returned to the…
Many seemingly complex magic tricks rely on a simple mix of old-fashioned slight-of-hand and misdirection. Some magicians talk to the audience as a form of misdirection, which sounds like a…