China’s New Satellite Will Test An Un-Hackable Encryption System
China’s New Satellite Will Test An Un-Hackable Encryption System
 New Dinosaur Discovery Suggests T. Rex’s Stubby Arms Weren’t Useless
New Dinosaur Discovery Suggests T. Rex’s Stubby Arms Weren’t Useless
 North Korea Is So Afraid Of This Volcano, It Asked Western Scientists For Help
North Korea Is So Afraid Of This Volcano, It Asked Western Scientists For Help
 How An Anxious Space Geek Became Hollywood’s Most Unlikely Star
How An Anxious Space Geek Became Hollywood’s Most Unlikely Star
 5 Astronauts Told Us Their Most Terrifying Moments In Space
5 Astronauts Told Us Their Most Terrifying Moments In Space
 Here’s What It’s Like To Almost Be Selected As An Astronaut
Here’s What It’s Like To Almost Be Selected As An Astronaut
 The Rise Of The Adirondacks
The Rise Of The Adirondacks
 15 Questions For Ross Geller About His Alleged Career In Paleontology
15 Questions For Ross Geller About His Alleged Career In Paleontology
 Here’s A Sneak Peek Of How The New Horizons Team Wants To Label Pluto
Here’s A Sneak Peek Of How The New Horizons Team Wants To Label Pluto
 The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt
The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt
 15 “San Andreas” Events In Order Of Increasing Scientific Inaccuracy
15 “San Andreas” Events In Order Of Increasing Scientific Inaccuracy
 13 “Jurassic World” Events Ranked By Scientific Absurdity
13 “Jurassic World” Events Ranked By Scientific Absurdity
 18 Secrets About Being An Astronaut That NASA Won’t Tell You
18 Secrets About Being An Astronaut That NASA Won’t Tell You
China’s New Satellite Will Test An Un-Hackable Encryption System
China’s New Satellite Will Test An Un-Hackable Encryption SystemNOW.SPACE—China's new satellite could revolutionize how we encrypt and send sensitive information by harnessing the spooky features of quantum mechanics. 
New Dinosaur Discovery Suggests T. Rex’s Stubby Arms Weren’t Useless
New Dinosaur Discovery Suggests T. Rex’s Stubby Arms Weren’t UselessMOTHERBOARD—Paleontologists have found another dinosaur with stubby arms. What did these awkward-looking predators know that we don't?
North Korea Is So Afraid Of This Volcano, It Asked Western Scientists For Help
North Korea Is So Afraid Of This Volcano, It Asked Western Scientists For HelpMOTHERBOARD — Kim Jong-il, the late Supreme Leader of the totalitarian Democratic People's Republic of Korea, is said to have been born on the summit of Mount Paektu—a 9000-foot volcano straddling the border between China and North Korea.
How An Anxious Space Geek Became Hollywood’s Most Unlikely Star
How An Anxious Space Geek Became Hollywood’s Most Unlikely StarBUZZFEED — Last year, Andy Weir was a software engineer who wrote sci-fi in his free time. This week, one of those stories, The Martian, comes to life in Ridley Scott’s latest blockbuster. (Charlotte Gomez/BuzzFeed)
5 Astronauts Told Us Their Most Terrifying Moments In Space
5 Astronauts Told Us Their Most Terrifying Moments In SpaceBUZZFEED — Quick thinking doesn’t come close to capturing it…
Here’s What It’s Like To Almost Be Selected As An Astronaut
Here’s What It’s Like To Almost Be Selected As An AstronautBUZZFEED — In 2003, Derek Green almost made it all the way through NASA’s astronaut selection process. He told BuzzFeed what that experience was like. (Charlotte Gomez/BuzzFeed)
The Rise Of The Adirondacks
The Rise Of The AdirondacksTHE SIEVE — The Adirondacks are something of a paradox. Made from some of the oldest rocks on Earth, they are one of the youngest mountain ranges in existence. Pushing their way through the younger rocks of the Appalachians, this jagged, deformed mess of ancient rock, once trapped deep in the crust, has been rising for the past 15-20 million years. And nobody really knows why.
15 Questions For Ross Geller About His Alleged Career In Paleontology
15 Questions For Ross Geller About His Alleged Career In PaleontologyBUZZFEED — Sometimes we must, as a society, ask the tough questions…
Here’s A Sneak Peek Of How The New Horizons Team Wants To Label Pluto
Here’s A Sneak Peek Of How The New Horizons Team Wants To Label PlutoBUZZFEED — Before we reached Pluto, NASA’s New Horizons team asked what they should call its then-undiscovered features. Now that they’re exploring the dwarf planet, BuzzFeed Science can reveal where they want to put those names.
The World’s Longest Conveyor Belt
The World’s Longest Conveyor BeltTHE SIEVE — The longest conveyor belt in the world runs 61 miles from the hostile interior of Moroccan occupied Western Sahara to the port city of El-Aaiún. Open to gusty desert winds in many places, the belt’s precious white cargo is strewn across the dusty brown desert, marking  the Earth so profoundly that this massive machine’s outline can be seen from space.
15 “San Andreas” Events In Order Of Increasing Scientific Inaccuracy
15 “San Andreas” Events In Order Of Increasing Scientific InaccuracyBUZZFEED — “The magnetic pulse rate is spiking!” SPOILERS, obviously.
13 “Jurassic World” Events Ranked By Scientific Absurdity
13 “Jurassic World” Events Ranked By Scientific AbsurdityBUZZFEED— Never should have thrown those cuttlefish bits into that dino-hybrid… (Will Varner/BuzzFeed)
18 Secrets About Being An Astronaut That NASA Won’t Tell You
18 Secrets About Being An Astronaut That NASA Won’t Tell YouBUZZFEED — “It’s like seven people in a camper van with a porta-potty for two weeks.”
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