The immunization battle against COVID-19 continues. This time, your pet’s life is at stake. Any animal’s life, for that matter. And even your life could be...
What do you get when you take an alien parasite and smush it together with a human being? Would you get to become a supercharged, head-eating anti-hero like Venom? Or...
The Earth is a dying rock and time is running out. You only have 10 years to plan your escape. How could we evacuate as many people as possible? What resources would we...
How long can your brain live after your body dies? Could your loved ones still communicate with you? And does your body contain the zombie gene? According to a study in...
This metal can exist in all three states as a liquid, a vapor and a solid. And this toxic substance might be lurking inside you already. So what would happen if you...
Your belly button may seem useless, but this passage once kept you alive. And this is what remains of the most profound connection you’ve ever shared between you...
Who doesn’t love baths? For an hour, you can soak your worries away in a nice, relaxing bubble bath. But what about spending, oh I don’t know, 729 hours more...
If you were going for a refreshing swim, the last thing you’d expect is to suffocate from toxic gases. But when it comes to Lake Kivu, this is one dangerous body...
If only there were a simple trick to stop a massive volcano from spewing out lava. Like maybe plugging it up with good old concrete. A massive volcanic explosion sends...
The two biggest planets in our Solar System in one telescope view. And catastrophe is imminent. If Jupiter and Saturn suddenly were on a collision course, which of the...
Coastal cities across the globe are planning how they will keep the sea away as it rises. One solution? Just move the city. How much would it cost? How do you lift a...
You smell terrible, hair starts growing in weird places and red sores break out across your face. No, you’re not turning into a werewolf. You’re not even on...
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, tragedy struck when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. After that, everything...
Do you find the time it takes Earth to spin around each day a little slow? Well, how about we speed things up? A lot. What would happen to the length of our day? What...
Just one bite from a venomous snake could kill you. But what about drinking venom straight out of a glass? Cheers. What does snake venom consist of? How would swallowing...
Forget a doomsday asteroid or melting permafrost. It’s the freezing of Earth’s core that will end the world in today’s episode. Or would it? Because maybe, just...
On your marks. Get set. Bear crawl. The movement of the future is here. And it looks a lot like the movement of the distant past. What benefits would you get from...
Your skin is the largest organ you’ve got. It’s the weather, germ and toxin-proof packaging for your insides. It stores water, fat and all the good metabolic...
Our planet has survived the billions of years of catastrophic events that made it the world we live on now. But one day, there will be an event so disastrous that it...
You may want to stay on the boat. This part of the ocean doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to this beast, the Atlantic goliath grouper. And if you wander too close...
