Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore one of Jupiter’s moons without ever leaving Earth? Or what would happen to your body under a monstrous...
Have you ever been curious about Medieval life? Would you travel back in time if you could? Do you think you would enjoy it? How long would you last? After 200 years of...
Watch your head. Some seriously big asteroids are crashing into Earth. What kinds of shapes and sizes do they have? Which ones would have the deadliest impact? And which...
Do you ever question the nature of your reality? Are you real? Or are you a product of some complex computer simulation? What I’m about to tell you might change...
No one knows exactly what to expect if we encountered other forms of alien life. Would they talk like us? Look like us? Or would they be completely different? What if...
Our planet has seen this before. Its ice has already melted. Water levels have risen. Ocean currents have already stopped. The last time this happened was 13,000 years...
An ice storm begins when temperatures drop to around 0°C (32°F) and freezing rain turns into a layer of ice the moment it touches the ground, trees, buildings, or power...
Tyrannosaurus Rex. King of the tyrant lizards. It’s 6 meters tall (20 feet), 12 meters (40 feet) long, and it weighs upward of seven tons. You can hide from it...
By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future...
The Moon has long symbolized exploration and scientific discovery. But as more nations and private companies prepare to return to the lunar surface, an unsettling...
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...
There is a reason people say you should never travel alone in the Amazon rainforest. As you go deeper into the jungle, the feeling of being watched becomes impossible to...
Today, people with Down syndrome are generally treated with love and respect from those around them. And despite having an intellectual disability, people with Down...
There’s something approaching from the distance that you can’t stop. It can completely destroy cities and kill tens of thousands of people. It looks like...
They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We...
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...
For Todd Orr, an outdoorsman, what started off as a calm morning hike in the Montana mountains soon turned into a struggle for his life; he never anticipated that the...
An asteroid races towards Earth. In 6 months, the world as we know it will be obliterated. What do you do? Is there time to evacuate? What would it take? And where would...
4 Volunteers Went 10 Days Without Salt in the 1930s, and They Were Too Tired to Eat
In the 1930s, Dr. Robert McCance of Cambridge University’s Department of Experimental Medicine convinced four people to give up salt completely for ten days. He...
Are we alone in this universe? Is there intelligent life out there? Or are they living among us? Humans have wondered about aliens for centuries. But, have you ever...

