This Insane Table Tennis Point Is The Ultimate Example Of Human Resilience

Chinese professional table tennis players Xu Xin and Zhu Linfeng need medals.

Both of them have earned some sort of tangible commendation — a rarity reserved for only the best in an age of digital achievement badges and verified checks on profiles — because of an amazing point they played out in their recent Super League match.

Giant Frozen Virus Still Infectious After 30,000 Years

It’s 30,000 years old and still ticking: A giant virus recently discovered deep in the Siberian permafrost reveals that huge ancient viruses are much more diverse than scientists had ever known.

Saturn’s Moon Enceladus is Covered in a Global Ocean

Scientists have long suspected that Enceladus, one of Saturn’s tiny moons, might be harboring a subsurface ocean. But new data from NASA’s Cassini spacecraft paints a more interesting picture: an ocean is covering the entire thing.

What Is the Molecular Clock, Exactly?

In the 150 years since Charles Darwin recognised the kinship of all life, scientists have worked to fulfil his dream of a complete Tree of Life. Today, the methods used to trace the evolutionary branches back through time would exceed Darwin’s expectations. Scientists across a range of biological disciplines use a technique called the molecular clock, where the past is deciphered by reading the stories written in the genes of living organisms.

Here are 5 alternate movie endings that would have totally been more bad ass

Sometimes movies change their original, director intended endings because the audience gets too attached to characters or studios want to leave room open for sequels or we all just want a teeny bit of happiness after we sit in a dark room for two hours. But some endings shouldn’t change because the alternate endings were better than what we saw. Here are a few movies with bad ass alternate endings.

Starbucks, Subway And Domino’s Rated ‘F’ For Antibiotic Usage

Most large U.S. fast-food chains still serve meat from farm animals that have been routinely fed antibiotics, consumer groups said in a new report, which concluded that many companies have not yet laid out plans to curb the practice.

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