What would happen if you dumped one of the world’s coldest liquids into the boiling, volatile mouth of a volcano? Would it freeze all of the lava inside? Could it...
If Earth had rings like Saturn our sunsets would be an incredible spectacle. It isn't farfetched as the Earth did have rings a very long time ago, the result of a...
Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, Earth-sized storms. While it might look calm and...
Hot air balloons have fascinated people for centuries. The first successful manned hot air balloon flight took place in France in 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers...
Space tourism is much closer than you may think. The International Space Station will soon retire from its successful run through low Earth orbit. But humanity’s...
The Antarctic ice sheet covers 14 million square kilometers and averages two kilometers thick. Locked inside it is roughly 60 percent of all the freshwater on Earth. If...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Humans are perfectly adapted for life on land, but what if evolution had pushed us back into the oceans instead? Over millions of years...
In an effort to fight climate change, the Sahara Desert could be going green… literally. Plans are being made to terraform the entire Sahara desert; changing it...
Paul Hayward seemed destined for a very different future. A talented Australian rugby player, a skilled boxer with Olympic ambitions, and a devoted husband and father...
You thought forest fires were bad? Wait till you hear about ocean fires. Yes, that’s right. The sea bursting into a fiery hellscape. What if every ocean on Earth...
Dogs are often called humanity’s best friend, but even the friendliest animals can become dangerous in certain situations. Every year, millions of people are...
When it comes to extreme lifespans in the animal kingdom, the bowhead whale stands in a league of its own. Deep in the freezing Arctic waters, this enormous marine...
If gravity were suddenly gone forever we’d all realize pretty quickly how much we’re taking this universal force for granted.
It’s time to live your ultimate supervillain fantasy. Today, you’re going to unleash your masterpiece of mass destruction. An antimatter bomb. How would you build it...
Everybody farts. And it’s no secret that they’re smelly, gross, and embaressing at times. But what if, instead of trying to hide our flatulence, we all just...
Time travel sounds like a gift until you look at the destinations. Earth has spent 4.5 billion years cycling through conditions that would kill a modern human within...
When it comes to planets in our Solar System’s habitable zone, one world is too close to the Sun, another is too far and Earth is just right. But maybe things...
This is the world 200 million years ago. No cell phones, electricity or even other humans. Would you be able to survive in this new world? Could you get yourself a pet...
If you were to drill straight down into Mars, what would you find? Would the red planet reveal its true colors? Would you finally discover life on Mars? And how...
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four...
