Month July 2016

Eat a Lobster the Right Way With This Handy Chart

Lobsters are a positively delicious seafood, but they’re not exactly the easiest food to eat. Especially if you don’t have it very often. If you’ve never had it, or just need a refresher, this graphic walks you through eating a…

The Terrifying Reason This Star Flickers Every Two Minutes

Artist’s impression of the exotic binary system AR Scorpii, with a compact white dwarf star (right) flogging its red dwarf companion with high energy electrons every two minutes. Image: M. Garlick/University of Warwick/ESO Some 380 light years away in the…