Science

Mother Nature decided to show off in the sky above Austin, TX.

The Mayan Calender means nothing, there is no rouge planet headed towards us, the earths poles will not reverse and we're not going to fall into a black hole. NASA has two words for you conspiracy theorists: suck it! More after the jump.

Are your expecting me to tell you 'don't try this at home'? I know some of you are going to 'try this at home' and I know some of you (not you, but the other guys) are dumb enough to get burnt or electrocuted doing it. How about I just keep it at "be careful, this could hurt you band". More after the jump.

Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon, passed away this weekend from complications caused by recent heart surgery. He was 82 years old.

Coming up on the 31st of this month, we'll have a "Blue Moon".  Are you aware that a "Blue Moon" rarely has anything to do with the color of the moon?  In fact, the explanation of a "Blue Moon" is even a little weirder than that.  More after the jump.

I am so ticked. I practically invented this and now it's a 'thing'.  When I was a kid, I went to may cousins house where we spawned a version of this game.  He had the metal ring of an above ground pool.  It looked basically like a gladiator arena to us, so we did the logical thing, we invented a dangerous sport.  Basically it was simple, we soaked a tennis ball in gasoline, put on welding helmets

This Sunday the great moon god will eat the great sun god, well mostly.  The sun will be going  behind the moon perfectly in Lubbock for the first time this century.  This is known as an annular eclipse and barring cloudy skies, you should be able to see it here.  More after the jump.

At the University of Belgrade, a team of researchers are getting us closer and closer to building the Terminator.

Some people think this century has gotten off to a pretty dangerous start, what with 2004′s major and deadly tsunami in Asia. Oh yeah, and there was also that recent tsunami in Japan, those earthquakes in Haiti, Iran and elsewhere, those rampant wildfires in Europe, and so on. To stop your mind from asking, “When will it be my turn?” here is the real story about dying in a natural disaster. Read

I had always heard that women are tougher than men when it comes to pain. A new study says that that fact may not be true.  There also may be an entirely different explanation.  Details after the jump.

Do you get nosebleeds?  Would you like to smell bacon all day?  Well, we have a story for you you bloody pork lover.  Check it out after the jump.

Some people may think climate change is just a myth, but there’s no arguing with this: NASA scientists say the earth’s surface temperature in 2011 was the ninth warmest since 1880. What’s more, nine of the 10 warmest years in modern recorded history have occurred since the year 2000.