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Displaying all articles tagged:
It’s Science
lab rat
June 13, 2014
What’s Really in a Phrostie? An Investigation
We had a lab test the latest illegal booze craze to hit New York City. The results may surprise you!
By
Katie Van Syckle
it’s science
Dec. 3, 2013
Many Looked Up
Science
in Dictionary This Year
Why?
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 20, 2013
Rich Guy Dennis Tito Plans to
Almost
Send People to Mars in 2017
They’re not going to land!
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 4, 2013
There Could Be 40 Billion Habitable Earthlike Planets in Our Galaxy Alone
This has been another semi-regular reminder of your insignificance.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 4, 2013
Robot Unbeatable in ‘Rock, Paper, Scissors’
Still no cure for cancer.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Oct. 23, 2013
Gold Does Grow on Trees
Tell your dad to shove it.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Sept. 16, 2013
What If the Big Bang Theory Was Wrong?
Not the show, the theory of the origins of the universe.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Sept. 12, 2013
Voyager Has Still Not Left the Solar System, Is Pretty Far Out There, Though
Today was a big milestone for mankind chucking stuff out into the universe.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Sept. 9, 2013
Men With Big Testicles Are Worse Dads
Science says so.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
July 25, 2013
Ippo the Zonkey Is the Cronut of Italy
He’s a hybrid between a zebra and a donkey.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
July 23, 2013
Reminder: Even the Royal Baby Is Just a Speck on a Speck in a Vast Universe
NASA has released a photo of Earth from 898 million miles away.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
July 11, 2013
Never Complain About the Rain Again
Because at least it’s not raining glass.
By
Dan Amira
space
June 21, 2013
Here Comes the Vaguely Exciting Supermoon
Saturday night.
By
Joe Coscarelli
it’s science
June 21, 2013
Video: Deaf Toddler Hears for the First Time
Thanks, science!
By
Dan Amira
the supremes
June 13, 2013
The Supreme Court’s Gene Patent Ruling Is Good for Breast Cancer Testing
The costs may go down.
By
Joe Coscarelli
it’s science
May 29, 2013
There Are Lizards and Squirrels on Mars, or Maybe They’re Just Rocks
Decide for yourself.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
May 15, 2013
Chris Hadfield Ate a Very Healthy Back-From-Space Meal
Vegetables, fruit, and some kind of healthy-looking sandwich.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
May 13, 2013
‘Space Oddity’ and 6 Other Chris Hadfield Space Videos Worth Watching
The Canadian astronaut just became a huge Internet star.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Apr. 24, 2013
One of NASA’s Rovers Drew a Big Penis on Mars
Here’s the photo.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Apr. 10, 2013
Did an Iranian Scientist
Really
Invent a Time Machine?
Possibly
.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Apr. 5, 2013
NASA Has a Plan to Kidnap an Asteroid
Cool.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Mar. 20, 2013
NASA: Voyager 1 Has Not Left the Solar System So Chill Out
Keep your pants on.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Feb. 25, 2013
Scientists Find Lost Continent (or, at the Very Least, Some Weird Sand)
Cool, sure.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Feb. 15, 2013
It’s Almost Impossible to Startle a Russian
This is one thing we learned today.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Jan. 29, 2013
Asteroid Will Fly Very Close to Earth, Kind Of
NASA does.
By
Dan Amira
photo op
Dec. 7, 2012
Blue Marble
Turns 40 Today
The iconic image of Earth was taken from Apollo 17 on December 7, 1972.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Dec. 5, 2012
Marco Rubio Believes in Science Now
“I mean, it’s established pretty definitively, it’s at least 4.5 billion years old.”
By
Dan Amira
apocalypse later
Dec. 3, 2012
World Not Ending in 2012, Government Assures Nation’s Suicidal 11-Year-Olds
It might end in 2013.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 21, 2012
Obama, Rubio Similar on Age of Earth Question
“Whether it happened exactly as we might understand it reading the text of the Bible: That, I don’t presume to know.”
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 19, 2012
Five Other Embarrassing Answers to the ‘Age of the Earth’ Question
From Rand Paul to Rick Perry, and a bunch of other people also!
By
Dan Amira
early and awful
Nov. 19, 2012
Marco Rubio’s Deceptively Pro-Science Answer on the Age of the Earth
“I’m not a scientist, man.”
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Nov. 9, 2012
Charles Darwin Gets 4,000 Votes in Georgia Congressional Race
A protest against one congressman’s stand against evolution.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Oct. 17, 2012
Is the Five-Second Rule Really Malarkey?
Science says yes.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Oct. 15, 2012
MSNBC Manages to Overhype Record-Breaking 24-Mile Space Jump
They say Felix Baumgartner broke the speed of light.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Oct. 10, 2012
Jurassic Park Isn’t Happening, Ever
Booo, science!
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Oct. 1, 2012
Scientists Make Major Breakthrough on Least Important Project Ever
A clock that keeps time after the universe ends.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Sept. 28, 2012
Mars Curiosity Rover Discovers Evidence of ‘Vigorous’ Ancient Stream
Round rocks.
By
Dan Amira
photo op
Aug. 9, 2012
Meanwhile, on Mars
Here is the first color photo from Curiosity.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Aug. 6, 2012
The Five Best NASA Scientists Ever (From Last Night)
The internet has discovered some wonderful scientists.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Aug. 6, 2012
One NASA Employee’s Lonely Mars Rover Pre-Celebration
He knew Curiosity had landed about three seconds before anyone else.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
Aug. 1, 2012
Giant Sinkhole Opens Up in Brooklyn, Nearly Eats Car [Updated]
Nom nom nom.
By
Brett Smiley
it’s science
July 27, 2012
Twitter Can Predict When You’ll Get the Flu
Eight days before you get it.
By
Dan Amira
talking about the weather
July 10, 2012
One in 1.6 Million Chance That Yearlong Rise in Temperatures Is Random
So you’re telling me there’s a chance.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
July 9, 2012
Groundbreaking New Form of Life Maybe Doesn’t Exist After All
New studies contradict existence of arsenic-loving bacteria.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
July 5, 2012
Hipsters Are Really Excited About the Higgs Boson
Just kidding, they’ve never heard of it.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
June 26, 2012
Long Island’s Brookhaven National Laboratory Records Hottest Temperature Ever
7.2 trillion degrees.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
June 7, 2012
Most Work E-mails Not Considered Important
Thanks, science.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
June 6, 2012
Watch Venus’s Passage Across the Sun Accompanied by Very Dramatic Music
The very rare celestial event happened last night.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
June 1, 2012
Science Reporter Very Catty Toward New Elements
We think elements are beautiful in all sizes.
By
Dan Amira
it’s science
May 30, 2012
Study Finds That Old People Smell …
Amazing
Well played, science.
By
Dan Amira
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