You are fishing on a calm lake under a bright, sunny sky when something suddenly feels wrong. A strange rotten egg smell fills the air, your boat begins rocking...
Imagine waking up one morning to discover that something invisible and incredibly dense was moving toward Earth. It would not be an asteroid, a black hole, or an...
One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...
Imagine if the ground beneath your feet could provide nearly limitless energy. Instead of depending on coal, oil, and natural gas, countries could drill deep into...
Say hello to the future of home security: the self-shielding house! I know you’re probably thinking, “why would I need so much protection? If I’m in...
CERN, is the Nuclear Research laboratory on the border of France and Switzerland. It features the most powerful particle accelerator on Earth, the Large Hadron Collider...
In the middle of a hike through Utah’s Zion National Park, Ryan and his girlfriend Jessika were crossing a pond after spending hours on the trail. They had already...
You were looking forward to a relaxing cruise across the Atlantic, but suddenly something feels very wrong. The ship begins rocking violently, your navigation equipment...
Gravity, in the literal sense, keeps everyone (and everything) on Earth grounded. It acts as the anchor that prevents objects from floating skyward. For humans...
Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...
You’re sitting in a small boat in the middle of a quiet lake with your fishing line stretched out into the water. Nothing about it feels threatening. Then the air...
What could a single spider bite do to your body? And what makes spider venom so deadly? Sure, spiders don’t kill humans often, but that doesn’t make them any...
