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  • Scientists Figure Out Why Labrador Retrievers Can Never Eat Enough

    Scientists Figure Out Why Labrador Retrievers Can Never Eat Enough

    Veterinary scientists seem to have unraveled a mystery about why certain dogs simply can’t ever get enough to eat. In research out this week, they found evidence that a common mutation in Labrador retrievers causes them to experience greater hunger than usual while also reducing their metabolic rate, both of which make the dogs predisposed…


  • Future Wars Will Probably Be Fought in Space

    Future Wars Will Probably Be Fought in Space

    There’s a bunch of shit in space, and we keep putting more shit up there. Space is more accessible than ever before, and the U.S., China, and Russia are all hurtling toward potential space war and mutually-assured satellite destruction. It won’t be happening out among the stars, though; it’s likely to be waged in low…


  • A Half-Ton of ISS Space Station Trash Will Crash Into the Earth

    A Half-Ton of ISS Space Station Trash Will Crash Into the Earth

    A 2.9-ton cargo pallet, once used for a critical battery upgrade mission on the International Space Station (ISS), is now approaching the end of its journey and is expected to reenter the Earth’s atmosphere in the coming days. The pallet, tossed from the ISS in March 2021 by the trusty Canadarm2, is facing imminent destruction…