We think of space as an icy void, where temperatures drop to hundreds of degrees below zero and astronauts need layers of thermal protection just to survive. But what if...
You wouldn’t notice it at first. But every second, the air around you is thinning, just a little. Within 30 seconds, you’d be gasping. Engines would fail, hospitals...
This is the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. It stretches 11km (7 mi) down below sea level. But what if we made it even deeper? Get a giant drill because...
A black hole is on a collision course with our Sun. And there’s nothing left for you to do except sit back and watch the destruction of our entire Solar System. How...
Over 300 million years ago, before the age of giant dinosaurs, Earth was covered with giant insects. Imagine a world where dragonflies are the size of crows and...
The next time you see that adorable hummingbird at your feeder, remember one thing. It might take your life. Because in this world, every bird works for the government...
Jupiter is old. Like 4.5 billion years old. It started as a swirling disk of gas and dust that formed into a pretty big planetary core. With time, Jupiter’s core...
Mass shootings happen more often than you think. According to the Gun Violence Archive, between 2014 and 2020 nearly 2,700 mass shootings occurred in the United States...
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How long would it take for the world’s largest rainforest to burn down? If we don’t do anything to stop it, we’ll soon find out. The Amazon rainforest...
Imagine being transported 500 million years into Earth’s past, landing in a world that feels both alien and dangerously unfamiliar. You have just arrived in the Cambrian...
A volcano starts rumbling, and suddenly erupts. But instead of seeing lava trickling down, you see a massive cloud of ash quickly coming towards you. This isn’t...
Coastal cities across the globe are planning how they will keep the sea away as it rises. One solution? Just move the city. How much would it cost? How do you lift a...
Scroll down to watch the video. We’re talking about a fish that’s much, much smaller than a great white shark, but that’s got a bite about two times...
Lake Natron in northern Tanzania is notorious for killing and preserving dead animals. If you died in its waters, its high levels of sodium carbonate would mummify your...
Take some cosmic dust and gas, add billions and billions of planets and a whole lot of stars to the mix. Spice it all up with a handful of gravity to hold things...
Scientists have pieced together a pretty clear picture of what life was like on Earth thousands, even millions of years ago. If you fast-forward one million years from...
Have you ever wondered how much information your brain can actually hold? According to Professor Paul Reber from Northwestern University, the human brain has an...
Around 40 light years away from Earth, hidden in the constellation Pisces, there is a small alien world that has captured the attention of scientists around the world...
It’s the largest star that we’ve ever discovered: UY Scuti. And if it were to replace our Sun, it would change a lot more than just the amount of sunscreen...
