[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...
Two billion years ago, Earth was a strange and hostile place. It was an era marked by dramatic climate shifts, dangerous changes in the atmosphere, and the birth of...
For whatever reason, you are the last human on Earth. So what do you do? Eat like a king? Move into Buckingham Palace? Drive fast? Blow things up? Be naked all the time...
What if every microbe on the planet suddenly disappeared? No more germs. No five-second rule. Just pick that cookie up off the floor and eat it! But surely it...
Are you ready for the trip of a lifetime? Because this not so little machine is about to take you on one. A trip back in time. What would you need for this time travel...
The miracle of life. A 40-week process where you developed from a single cell to fully formed human baby. All within in your mother’s womb. Now, imagine you were...
Volcanoes are among the most powerful forces on Earth. They can release unimaginable amounts of energy, sending rivers of lava across landscapes, covering cities in ash...
When people think about the deadliest animals in Africa, they usually imagine lions chasing their prey, crocodiles hiding beneath the water, or venomous snakes waiting...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Imagine, instead of looking up and seeing the stars, you see something like this: Coca-Cola ads are seen on...
How do you distinguish between past, present, and future? Is there really an order to time? Does it only move forward? Does it move in any direction at all? Stop the...
On August 12, 2000, the Russian submarine Kursk was taking part in a major naval exercise in the Barents Sea when disaster struck. Two explosions tore through the...
An invasion of the United States by China sounds like the plot of a blockbuster movie. The United States has not experienced a foreign invasion of its mainland in modern...
What if in a stunning move, Russia, one of the largest energy producers on Earth, decided to cut itself off from the world? This heavily armed dictatorship has declared...
When a wild predator stops avoiding people and begins deliberately treating humans as prey, an ordinary environment can become terrifying almost overnight. That is...
Overnight, our planet has gone from a pale blue dot to a glistening white snowglobe. Stretches of Earth have become frozen wastelands that are completely inhospitable...
Nothing about a sloth suggests danger. It hangs around in trees, moves at a pace that barely registers as movement, and wears what looks like a permanent smile. That...
The sound was described by witnesses as loud and chaotic, a sudden eruption that cut through what was meant to be a carefully controlled stage performance. On October...
Hang on because we’re about to screech to a halt. That’s right. The Earth is going to stop spinning for five seconds. How much damage would this sudden stoppage cause...
A crocodile may swim by unassumingly but make no mistake, they are on the hunt for their next prey. Crocodiles have heightened smell, sight and hearing, and can hold...
Imagine walking out of your office during lunch and suddenly noticing people staring at the sky. A massive shadow passes overhead. At first, you think it is a small...
