The much-anticipated report on the new dietary guideline recommendations is out, and it has some suggestions, like for goodness sake eat some more plants, will you? It also includes a review of the average American diet, a full 15% of which is comprised solely of sandwiches. The guidelines will be out later this year. » 2/20/15 10:30am Today 10:30am

Batten down the hatches and settle in, folks! There's a GIF party a-brewing. » 2/20/15 7:00am Today 7:00am

From the tinfoil jumpsuit look of the early Mercury missions to our currently-favored bulky white exoskeletons, spacesuits are a marvel of both engineering and fashion. Take a look through all the different designs in this complete illustrated history of the modern spacesuit. » 2/19/15 9:30am Yesterday 9:30am

Whether you learned your letters off of a laptop's keyboard or the changing times forced one on you later in life, we want to know about the first time you used a computer. Ever. » 2/19/15 7:00am Yesterday 7:00am

The path of comic book characters making their way onto the big and small screens is a well trod one. But what about the reverse, of characters who started out on-screen and then made their way into the comics? Here are the best comic book characters who got their start somewhere else. » 2/18/15 4:14pm Wednesday 4:14pm

A 500-pound, two-foot-wide fireball lit up skies near Pittsburgh on Tuesday morning and NASA captured it all — from both our point of view and the fireball's. » 2/18/15 9:40am Wednesday 9:40am

Regardless of DVDs and streaming, the shelf-life of a completed TV show can be incredibly short, but some shows manage to still be watched for decades after they've finished. Today, we want you to survey today's TV landscape and tell us which shows you think people will still be enjoying 50 years from now. » 2/18/15 7:00am Wednesday 7:00am

As we get closer and closer to Ceres, we keep seeing new things. Initially, it was just the barest outline of the dwarf planet, then a strange selection of white spots, and, in these newest, sharpest images yet, you can see its mysteriously scarred surface. » 2/17/15 1:20pm Tuesday 1:20pm

Whether you're re-reading you way through your childhood favorites, searching out some brand new stories, or if you're just trying to figure out what you might want to read next, we want to take a look at your recent reading list. » 2/17/15 7:00am Tuesday 7:00am

There are plenty of strange, beautiful, and altogether unusual animals living amongst us today, but a look through the annals of Earth's ancient history reveals that, when it comes to interesting animals, we missed out. Here's a collection of the some most improbable creatures that once walked the Earth. » 2/16/15 4:20pm Monday 4:20pm

Snow: It comes in all textures, consistencies, and shapes, but the color, at least, is remarkably consistent. But in Chelyabinsk, Russia, residents have been alarmed to see snow suddenly showing up in shades of baby blue. Just what's going on here? » 2/16/15 9:50am Monday 9:50am

Dinosaurs may capture the most attention, but there are all kinds of strange, amazing, and gone animals — ranging from the Wooly Mammoth to giant armadillo Glyptodon —that are just as fascinating. Today, we want to know which one you most would have liked to see. » 2/16/15 7:00am Monday 7:00am

Jurassic Park and its sequels have never been what you'd call scientifically accurate. (Sorry, Dr. Malcolm, standing still isn't camouflage.) And, yet, somehow, the lack of feathers is the inaccuracy that most rankles. Does it really matter that the new dinos will be scaly instead of soft? You bet it does. Here's why. » 2/13/15 4:20pm 2/13/15 4:20pm

Settle down, GIFs, settle down! There's plenty of party here for all of you. » 2/13/15 7:00am 2/13/15 7:00am