Every year, around 140 million babies are born worldwide. And if we continue at this pace, 50 years from now the global population will reach 10.5 billion people. The...
You woke up today with a gut feeling that something wasn’t quite right. It turns out it wasn’t just a gut feeling. It was a feeling of extreme pain in your gut. Because...
Antimatter is the most potent fuel source known to humanity. And it could be the secret to faster-than-light space travel. But where in the Universe would we find...
It’s time. Your water just broke, but you’re also feeling a little hungry. There’s no harm in stopping for some pizza, right? After all, you don’t know for how...
You’re bombing down a hill on top of an 18m (60ft) tree trunk. One wrong move and you could lose a limb, or worse, be crushed under its 12-ton weight. There is no...
Thinking of getting some ink? A fire-breathing dragon could earn you respect on the streets, but if you pick the wrong place for it, the pain will bring you to your...
Being locked up was bad enough. Now they moved you to a prison within the jail. You’re in a cold, tiny room for 23 hours a day. You won’t see another person for who...
You’re deep underground when you hear an explosion. Fire and debris rain down on you. You’re alive but trapped, hundreds of meters below the surface of the...
Its razor-sharp sharp claws can behead you with a single swipe. It’s armed with teeth that will pierce your skin like a knife through soft butter. You’re face to...
Behind you, a colossal hurricane, moments away from making landfall. In front of you, a towering tornado, fast-tracking its way toward the opposing storm. And you...
A scorching hot never-ending day on one side and a permanent frozen night on the other. This is what our planet would be like if it was tidally locked to the Sun. How...
Imagine a world, where no woman could ask for an abortion. Even if she’d been sexually assaulted. Even if not having an abortion means her own life would be at...
