NASA Doesn’t Know

from The New York Times How Big Are Those Killer Asteroids? A Critic Says NASA Doesn’t Know. By KENNETH CHANG More than 14,000 known asteroids zip through Earth’s neighborhood. They will all miss Earth in the coming decades. But hundreds of thousands more have not yet...

The Awesome Story Behind the Song of the Year

from Billboard Magazine Ruth B’s ‘Lost Boy’ And The Story Behind The Year’s Strangest Hot 100 Hit by Elias Leight Ruth B’s “Lost Boy” is easily the most unusual song on the Hot 100: when it cracked the top 50 earlier this month, it was the only...

Stop Dissing Neanderthals.

from Popular Mechanics Neanderthals Built Mystery Cave Rings 175,000 Years Ago ​​Surprise! Neanderthals weren’t just more sophisticated than you thought. They also built structures deep inside caves. By William Herkewitz Etienne FABRE – SSAC They painted...