The Sun is Yellow If you’ve always thought our star was a bright yellow ball of fire, you were wrong. For starters, it’s not yellow. It’s green. Sort...
Mercury is the smallest and closest planet to the Sun, and it may also be the most extreme. With scorching daytime heat, freezing nights, and no real atmosphere...
Russia is already the largest country on Earth, stretching across Europe and Asia and covering more territory than any other nation. But what if a conflict involving...
Somewhere right now, in a conference room full of planetary scientists, an argument is quietly raging. On one side: the Mars camp, backed by sixty years of missions...
Imagine a dry desert with endless sand dunes transforming into a lush, green tropical paradise before your eyes. This is the ambitious vision of terraforming the Sahara...
What if, someday, we decided that the usefulness of our planet had run its course, and humans needed to scour space to find somewhere new to live? But instead of finding...
A giant asteroid is headed our way. But no, it won’t hit the Earth. This asteroid is about to slam into the Moon and crack it right in half. What would it be like...
Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...
MSN New, Earth, Humanity
They Dropped Waste Straight Into the Moat, and Cholera Killed Them Within Hours
Picture the castle from the outside. Stone walls, high towers, a moat circling the base. Now picture what is actually in that moat. The upper classes of the Middle Ages...
You’ve traveled thousands of light-years through interstellar star systems. And now you’re stranded on a planet you know nothing about. As long as...
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...
Day X has arrived. Mount Fuji, Japan’s most famous volcano, is erupting for the first time in 300 years. It’s raining ash, lava and toxic gases down on the world’s...
It starts with a signal. Faint, strange, and unlike anything humanity has ever recorded. Within hours, it escalates into an event that changes the course of history as...
MSN New, Earth, Humanity
The Longest Anyone Has Lived Underwater Is 31 Days, and Companies Are Planning Cities
The record for living underwater currently stands at 31 days. One month. That is the ceiling of human experience beneath the surface, and there are companies right now...
A blazing ball of fire lies deep underground. It’s Earth’s core. This colossal sphere of molten iron far beneath your feet is what made your life on Earth...
Avatar’s Pandora is the wildest, most beautiful and most deadly place in the galaxy. I mean, who wouldn’t want to live here? But how could the air kill you...
You’d better mind your waste because it’s not piling up in landfills anymore. Today, we’re going to dump it all straight into the oceans. How much trash would that...
As Earth’s population multiplies each year, we’re quickly running out of resources to feed the planet. Before long, we’re going to need more space to...
Every living thing on this planet owes its existence to a single star. Heat, light, and the raw energy that keeps ecosystems running all trace back to the Sun, and...
Most insects are harmless, and many play an important role in the environment. But a small number possess painful stings, toxic venom, or defensive chemicals that can...
