Researchers at the University of Sydney are developing virtual 3D maps of the Great Barrier Reef to print artificial replacements. Off of the coast in Australia, the majestic Great Barrier Reef is dying at an alarming rate. Increasingly overheated seawater and acidification has caused massive bleaching to this vital underwater ecosystem. Researchers from the University of Sydney are aiming to …

Manatees have official been taken off the U.S Interior Department’s list of endangered species list. Citing a growing population spawned by decades of work improving habitat and bolstering protections,US federal wildlife officials removed the manatee from the endangered species list Thursday. The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has been pushing since last January to lower the designation for manatees from …

Astronaut Peggy Whitson can add another record to her stellar NASA career. According to the Associated Press, the goal of Whitson’s walk was to complete some fine-tuning on a docking port outside of the International Space Station. (For reference: NASA defines a spacewalk as anytime an astronaut ventures outside of a spacecraft.) Joined by station commander Shane Kimbrough, the two …

At least 26 were missing and feared buried by a landslide triggered by heavy rain on Indonesia’s Java island on Saturday, the national disaster agency said. The missing people include villagers who were harvesting a crop of ginger. The landslides triggered by heavy downpours occurred in Banaran village of Ponorogo district, hitting 25 to 30 houses, Sutopo said.

Good news… for, eh, everyone else. We’re not saying you do, dear reader, but the millions of people who do watch porn online around the world will be glad to know that it’s about to become a more secure experience. In March 2016 a hacker gained access to a porn website called, Team Skeet, and was able to steal data …

Prepare yourself for a close encounter with a comet, as one is passing closer to Earth than it ever has before. Comet 41 P/Tuttle-Giacombini-Kresák (catchy) will be as close as 13.2 million miles from our planet during a six-day fly-by from March 29 to April 3. The comet’s perihelion point, which is that part of its orbit taking it closest …

Taking a deep breath really does calm you down by triggering neurons in your brain which tell the body it is time to relax, a new study has found. Now researchers describe why deep breathing, including the breath-focus of meditation, can induce such calm and tranquility. In a paper published in Science, researchers led by Mark Krasnow, a professor of …

Introducing Google Play for Pets, a new category of games, apps and training tools to keep your pet stimulated. Wouldn’t it be great to keep your pets occupied when you’re not around? With Google Play for Pets, your furry friends can keep busy with thousands of games and apps throughout the day. The other prank is a temporary update to …

On March 30th, SpaceX completed the first re-flight of an orbital class rocket. SpaceX, Elon Musk’s American aerospace manufacturer and space transport services company, won a significant victory in their efforts towards affordable space travel by launching their first ever recycled rocket. A huge benchmark in reducing space flight costs and perhaps even one day enabling people to live on …

Dust in Australian coal mines is risking the lives of miners and more needs to be done to regulate it, a study has found. A new review from the University of Melbourne shows there has been an increase in the number of fresh cases of Coal Workers Pneumoconiosis (CWP) n Australia since 2000. CWP is a preventable but incurable lung …

Researchers have taken the deepest X-ray image of our Universe to date – and within it, they’ve found evidence of a huge, unexplained explosion coming from a galaxy around 10.7 billion light-years away. The phenomenon was captured by NASA’s Chandra X-ray Observatory, with space boffins initially convinced gamma ray bursts or the destruction of a white dwarf had caused it. …