Point a light at it and the light does not come back. Almost none of it, anyway. The skin of this fish absorbs up to 99.5 percent of everything that touches it, which...
We heard the warnings. But we didn’t listen. Now, we live in a world controlled by artificial intelligence. How did we let this happen? Will we able to survive...
Human civilization is still in its infancy. According to the Kardashev Scale, a method used to measure a civilization’s technological advancement based on energy...
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...
You called in sick yesterday because you thought you had the flu, but today you feel even worse. You have heavy bleeding and delirium because you’ve got one of the...
On the surface, Jacob’s Well looks like an idyllic swimming hole in Wimberley, Texas. Beneath its clear water, however, lies a dangerous network of underwater tunnels...
Thor’s Well, sometimes referred to as the “drainpipe of the Pacific,” is a rocky, circular hole in the Pacific Ocean that was formed after the collapse...
Split every dollar on Earth evenly tomorrow morning, and the billionaires would start climbing back before the year was out. Not because of conspiracy. Because of...
HD 189733b may look like Earth’s evil twin, but it is far from the most extreme world in the universe. Astronomers have discovered several exoplanets that make...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] You’ve heard all the scary rumors surrounding vaccines: they cause autism, they contain toxins. Even that they...
Ahh, spring has sprung. Robins are chirping. Flowers are blooming. Yikes, it’s getting a little windy out. Wait a minute. Do you hear that? Is it just me or does it look...
It’s the terrorizing stuff of an anxiety-riddled movie plot. A house break-in can be very traumatic, and leave you feeling vulnerable. It can even threaten your...
There is a thick, jelly like substance packed throughout the body of one particular animal, and it may be the closest thing science has found to a fountain of youth...
The Moon’s surface is covered in ancient scars, from asteroid impacts to long-extinct volcanic activity. From a distance it looks quiet and empty, but beneath that dusty...
A Planet Hit Earth 4.5 Billion Years Ago, and Its Remains Could Be Buried Deep Below Us
Billions of years ago, another planet smashed into Earth. An event of this epicness could have created our Moon. It also could have brought alien life to our planet...
New Bilibid Prison is supposed to be one of the most secure prisons in the Philippines. But before dawn on October 9, 2020, violence erupted inside its maximum security...
Imagine you’re out for a blissful swim, trying to catch a glimpse of some beautiful whales. The sun is shining, the water feels refreshing, and, uh oh, something just...
A Hole in Earth’s Magnetic Shield Is Drifting and Splitting in Two, and Satellites Are at Risk
There is a weak spot in the magnetic shield protecting our planet, and it is not staying still. It drifts slowly westward, and measurements suggest it may be splitting...
“Stay Where You Are” The Order That Trapped Hundreds Aboard the Sinking Ferry, Then 304 People Died
For Jang Ae-Jin and her classmates, the trip was supposed to be a celebration of their final years of high school. They were traveling by ferry to Jeju Island for a long...
If the Earth had an edge, it might look something like this, the edge of a flat Earth. A vast frozen wall at the horizon, trees growing at strange angles, and a sky that...

