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Sarah Keartes

Sarah Keartes is a science writer with a serious shark addiction. A self-proclaimed Attenborough wannabe, she is likely to be spotted performing dissections and wielding lightsabers ... sometimes simultaneously.
We Would not Want to Fight this Katana-Wielding Samurai Robot

We Would not Want to Fight this Katana-Wielding Samurai Robot

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Holy Crap. Water Really does Spin in Opposite Directions in the North and South…

Holy Crap. Water Really does Spin in Opposite Directions in the North and South…

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Watch MAN AT ARMS: REFORGED Make and Break Aragorn’s Sword

Watch MAN AT ARMS: REFORGED Make and Break Aragorn’s Sword

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Huh. Snails Move Like Mini Tanks. We Didn’t Know That.

Huh. Snails Move Like Mini Tanks. We Didn’t Know That.

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Watch MIT’s Cheetah Robot Jump Over Obstacles with Insane Precision

Watch MIT’s Cheetah Robot Jump Over Obstacles with Insane Precision

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9 Brains Found Lying Around in New York – And it’s Not the First Time

9 Brains Found Lying Around in New York – And it’s Not the First Time

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Ice Crystals Under a Microscope are Unicorn Tears

Ice Crystals Under a Microscope are Unicorn Tears

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Goodbye to A Beautiful Mind: John Forbes Nash Jr. Killed in Tragic Accident

Goodbye to A Beautiful Mind: John Forbes Nash Jr. Killed in Tragic Accident

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Valar Morghulis: Could the GAME OF THRONES Hall of Faces Actually Exist?

Valar Morghulis: Could the GAME OF THRONES Hall of Faces Actually Exist?

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MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-Style Electronics Dissolve on Command to Eliminate Waste

MISSION IMPOSSIBLE-Style Electronics Dissolve on Command to Eliminate Waste

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After 13 Years, Quadriplegic Erik Sorto Controls a Robotic Arm with His Imagination

After 13 Years, Quadriplegic Erik Sorto Controls a Robotic Arm with His Imagination

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Go Download SpaceX’s Vintage Mars Travel Posters

Go Download SpaceX’s Vintage Mars Travel Posters

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What do you do with a 3D-Printed Mini Jet Engine? Crank it to 33,000 RPM

What do you do with a 3D-Printed Mini Jet Engine? Crank it to 33,000 RPM

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ISS Toilet Tour: This is How You Poop in Space

ISS Toilet Tour: This is How You Poop in Space

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Sokka’s Meteorite Sword is Real, and it’s Hiding in Japan

Sokka’s Meteorite Sword is Real, and it’s Hiding in Japan

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To Impress J.J. Abrams, Two Guys from Essex Sent a Toy X-Wing to Space

To Impress J.J. Abrams, Two Guys from Essex Sent a Toy X-Wing to Space

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Air Pressure on the ISS is Maintained by These Two Tiny O-Rings

Air Pressure on the ISS is Maintained by These Two Tiny O-Rings

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With Help From a PlayStation, NASA’s New Horizons Detects Possible Ice on Pluto

With Help From a PlayStation, NASA’s New Horizons Detects Possible Ice on Pluto

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This Shape-Shifting Caterpillar Hates Being Yelled At

This Shape-Shifting Caterpillar Hates Being Yelled At

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Astronauts Watched Gravity on the International Space Station. Here’s What Should…

Astronauts Watched Gravity on the International Space Station. Here’s What Should…

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For Hubble’s 25th, Some of Our All-Time Favorite Space Photos

For Hubble’s 25th, Some of Our All-Time Favorite Space Photos

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Our Powers Combined! Use Your Nerdiness for Good This Earth Day

Our Powers Combined! Use Your Nerdiness for Good This Earth Day

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Neil deGrasse Tyson Returns Tonight for StarTalk on National Geographic

Neil deGrasse Tyson Returns Tonight for StarTalk on National Geographic

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There’s Nothing Like a NASA Spacewalk GoPro

There’s Nothing Like a NASA Spacewalk GoPro

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