People have always believed all kinds of very strange things about the world. In the absence of modern science and medicine, ideas which now seem entirely bizarre could...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
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It’s the end of your shift. Like every night, you walk down a quiet street toward the bus station. But then you hear it. Footsteps behind you. You glance back and see...
Black holes are the gravitational monsters of the Universe. They are so powerful that nothing, even light, can escape their grasp. One black hole is bad enough. But if...
Imagine being just 11 years old and being forced to stand in a public square alongside other children from your neighborhood. In front of you, a man is tied to a post. A...
Welcome to one of the most restrictive countries in the world. Ruled by an enigmatic, tyrannical and violent leader, North Korean citizens and tourists can be threatened...
Imagine a world where we didn’t need any lights, where we could detect diseases just by looking at someone, and literally see right through people’s...
Scientists theorize that many millions of years ago, Mars had rings, just like Saturn. And it looks like the red planet could be due for a new set of rings in the future...
The ground suddenly shakes beneath your feet. A powerful earthquake throws you to the ground. Moments later, a blinding flash lights up the horizon. The air feels...
Imagine the possibilities that would come with living forever! You could spend more time with loved ones, master a variety of careers, and travel the entire world! If...
Every year, around 140 million babies are born worldwide. And if we continue at this pace, 50 years from now the global population will reach 10.5 billion people. The...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Cities have been named after it, economies have been built on it, wars have been fought over it, your life depends on it. Salt may be the...
Jupiter is a massive, terrifying planet. Despite being studied for centuries and even visited by nine space probes in the last 50 years, the undisputed king of the Solar...
You’ve seen it in the movies and read about it in books, but now the idea of creating artificial life in a laboratory is becoming a reality. In 2010, a team of...
10. Upload The age-old question of “what happens after we die” is at the heart of Amazon’s “Upload,” a show about a man who dies and his consciousness is resurrected in...
You’re lost in the jungle without any other humans around. You need to find a new family. Or your new family could find you. What would it be like to be raised by...
Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...
It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...
Welcome to the Solar System construction zone. Today you’ll be using our cosmic sandbox to build a brand new planet. What would you need to create a rocky planet like...
