Hands Down, the 60 Strangest, Most Genius Things With Near-Perfect Amazon Reviews

These clever picks are backed by near-perfect reviews on Amazon so you can rest easy knowing you’re firmly well-informed. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

This Bird Is Way Smarter Than Anyone Gives It Credit For

Studying pigeon navigation changed a scientist's mind about the bird's intellect. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

17 Hidden Features Coming to iOS 18 That Apple Forgot To Tell You About

Apple's iOS 18 is a major update filled with AI features from Apple Intelligence, but we uncovered changes to the iPhone's flashlight, Weather app, and Control Center that you should also have on your radar. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

Awesome Things for Your Backyard on Amazon That Are So Freaking So Cheap

Luckily for you, there are plenty of things you can do that bring the “awesome” to your backyard without spending a small fortune. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

Does Evolution Even Matter Anymore — Or Is Human Progress Just Too Fast for Biology?

The evolutionary mismatch perspective suggests that we should find ways to adjust our environment so that it aligns better with our evolved nature. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

Elephants Give Each Other Unique Names. It Gets Weirder

A new study found evidence that elephants have their own names that they use to address each other. This could help scientists better understand animal intelligence. | Continue reading


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The Gas From Cow Burps Could Be the Easiest Greenhouse Gas to Get Rid Of

Methane is a relatively short-lived greenhouse gas. Today’s methane will wash out in little more than a decade. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

An Astrophysicist Reveals A Hidden Problem We’ll Encounter If Humans Colonize the Moon

Astronomers have started thinking about the potential conflicts between expanding knowledge of the universe and commercial gain. | Continue reading


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Ancient Viruses Left Their DNA In Humans — And They Could Help Trigger These Common Diseases

Around 8% of human DNA is made up of genetic sequences acquired from ancient viruses. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

'Doctor Who' Just Brought Back Its Weirdest Time Travel Tech, 52 Years Later

In "The Legend of Ruby Sunday," there's a different kind of time travel that's not the usual 'Doctor Who' method. Here's how those time windows (mostly) work in the Whoniverse. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

Steam Just Released a Demo for the Chillest Puzzle Game of the Year

'Preserve' is one of the most relaxing puzzle games on Steam with a Next Fest demo offering looks at its chill and challenging game modes. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

70 Years Ago, a Wild American Sci-Fi Thriller Beat Godzilla to the Punch

Months before 'Godzilla' changed science fiction forever, America's own monster movie offered a very different look at the horrors of nuclear weapons run rampant. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

Why Do Dogs Have Whiskers? A Veterinarian Reveals the Forgotten Reason

A dog's whiskers aren't just there for show. Whiskers can detect touch and even convey emotion. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

The Most Divisive Star Wars Show Ever Has One Major Problem

'The Acolyte' is almost halfway through its run, and precious little has happened. Now, after a dire Episode 3 dominated by a pointless flashback, Disney Plus' latest Star Wars show needs to course correct in a hurry. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

5 Years Later, Marvel's Darkest Spinoff is Still its Most Mature Show

"Gritty" means more than whether or not a goon bleeds when a guy in a cape punches them. Both Marvel and DC have forgotten that, but Marvel once took its biggest and best creative risks exploring smart, mature ideas. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

65 of the Cleverest, Most Genius Things Most Added to Amazon Wish Lists

The best part is, these wish lists picks are only a few clicks away from becoming a reality. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

49 Years Later, the Oldest Sci-Fi Show Just Brought Back A Daunting Forgotten Villain

It's time to head back to 1975. The penultimate episode of 'Doctor Who' Season 1 (2024) just brought back a deep-cut baddie from the Tom Baker era. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

8 Weird But Useful Tesla Model Y and Model 3 Accessories You Need to Know

Tesla makes plenty of typical accessories for its Model 3 and Model Y EVs, but there are lots of off-kilter options like fridges, gaming controllers, and trays that are worth considering. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

From Urine (Yes, Urine) to Helium: The Most Common and Bizarre Leaks During Space Travel

Leaks happen in space travel. When they’re caught before launch, teams assess whether to call off the flight. But once in space, that choice is taken away. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 5 months ago

15 Years Ago, Apple’s App Store Changed Everything. Now It Needs a Reboot.

Whereas I used to get excited about a new app on my iPhone, I now often resent being asked to download an app when I know that the website will work just as well and cause fewer disruptions or take up less space on my phone. adactio.com/links/20385 | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 1 year ago

NASA Announces Unidentified Aerial Phenomena Mysterious Sightings Research Team

Administrator Bill Nelson previously announced the agency would look into reports of strange aerial phenomena. Now, the agency has announced its team. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Meditation changes how your brain's neurons move

Mindfulness-Oriented Recovery Enhancement (MORE) shows promise as a way to treat addiction, but also implies that meditating can be useful outside that context. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Webb Telescope’s First Mars Image Reveals a Troubled Planet

The James Webb Space Telescope reveals a landscape of meteor impacts, massive eruptions, and flowing water. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

The oral history of Event Horizon

25 years later, seven key members of the production (including director Paul W.S. Anderson and writer Philip Eisner) reveal how 'Event Horizon' was born, died, and resurrected. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

A New Robotic Twist on the “Turing Test” Fools Human Subjects

This time it's more about body language. In a game of Simon Says, the human was fooled by a robotic companion a room over. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

YRs Ago a Stellar SCI-FI Show Saved a Broken Franchise and Changed TV History

The most successful reboot in science fiction history is easily 'Stargate: SG-1.' Here's how a great 1997 sci-fi show fixed a middling 1994 movie. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Human settlements on the Moon will depend on answering two fundamental questions

In this edition of HORIZONS, read about two experiments headed to the Moon that could solve for mysteries of the Moon's geology and how humans could withstand life on our satellite. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Xbox app for Samsung smart TVs proves the future of games is already here

Starting June 30, you won’t need a console to play Xbox games. But how does it play? Here's what we thought after taking the new Samsung smart TV app for a spin. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

70-year-old astronomy photos may be clues to alien visitors – study

The plates, taken prior to the launch of Sputnik in the 1950s, show satellite-like objects near Earth. A new study delves into the potential reasons. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

How the “Mother of Yoda” Conquered Hollywood – and Why She Disappeared

You might not recognize the name Wendy Froud (née Midener), but in the practical effects world, she’s a legend. Her work even earned her one of pop culture’s greatest monikers: the Mother of Yoda. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Why Apple’s Steve Wozniak’s paradoxical plan to solve space junk just might work

Privateer, co-founded by Steve Wozniak, aims to make space environmentalism its business. Can it’s controversial methods really clean up space junk? | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

One fast charge in the Kia EV6 told me everything I needed to know

This is why the Kia EV6 will win top trumps at every EV charging station debate: because the high charging speeds resolve one of the biggest paint points of owning an electric vehicle. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Living on the western of a time zone poses a higher health risk

Before clocks, humans lived more in sync. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

50 years ago, one sci-fi movie invented a pivotal new genre

One of the first and most impactful sci-fi films to tackle ecological crisis still resonates today. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Astronomers looked at 260k stars to find alien megastructures in the Milky Way

Researchers calculated the maximum amount of Dyson Spheres in the Milky Way in order to know what it is they did not find. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Alfa Romeo thinks attaching NFTs to cars can improve resale value

Is this just marketing buzzwords or an actually beneficial use of blockchain? Let's discuss Alfa Romeo's NFT announcement. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Is Interstellar Asteroid 'Oumuamua a Spaceship? A Probe Could Find Out

In October 2017, the interstellar object ‘Oumuamua passed through our Solar System, leaving a lot of questions in its wake. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

The Forgotten History of the Blinking Cursor

A blinking cursor follows us everywhere in the digital world, but who invented it and why? From block printing to the Apple II, this is the forgotten history of the blinking cursor | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

NASA officially touches the Sun – and solves a solar mystery

NASA announced that the Parker Solar Probe went into the Sun's atmosphere, the closest encounter with our home star. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

Amateur radio launched the first private communications satellite

More than 50 years before the first CubeSat, a group of amateur radio hams built the worlds first, small, private communications satellite. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

The “disappearing” human microbiome – and the fraught push to preserve it

Humanity’s gut diversity is rapidly disappearing, but competing ideas on how to collect and study our microbiota raise my questions than answers. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 2 years ago

What Elon Musk's love of science fiction reveals about Tesla and SpaceX

Elon Musk is the co-founder of Tesla, SpaceX, Neuralink, and more. But Harvard professor Jill Lepore notes how his love of science fiction reveals a strange background. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

Superhero cosplay makes you a better person for one science-backed reason

Research suggests we're hardwired to seek out tales of heroic adventures. Studies show just thinking about these characters can influence how we feel and act. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

75 Years Ago, a Nazi Rocket Took the First Photo of Earth from Space

The first photo of Earth taken from space is a grainy mess by today's standards, but it captured imaginations in 1946. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

XDream: Generating GAN images based on monkey neurofeedback

"They looked like objects in the world that were not in the world." | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

A Physics Experiment May Have Unexpectedly Detected Dark Energy on Earth

Theoretical physicists think they may have made the first direct observation of dark energy — if the results stand up to scrutiny. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

Ex-Crew Dragon project lead reveals stark differences between SpaceX and NASA

Astronaut Garrett Reisman, who helped develop SpaceX's Crew Dragon capsule, also has experience of working with NASA. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago

Human space travel owes everything to one forgotten creature

In 1951, the Aerobee-19 rocket launch proved it was possible to send creatures similar to humans to space and bring them back to Earth alive. | Continue reading


@inverse.com | 3 years ago