You were so hungry that you barely chewed your meal. Now, a big chunk of food is stuck in your throat. If only there were someone around to help you. Your face is...
The word nightmare comes from the Old English “mare,” and refers to a female evil spirit that sits on people’s chests and suffocates them during sleep. That sounds...
You’re 11 km (36,000 ft) up in the air, taking a nap in your seat. Suddenly, a scream wakes you up. You’re scared and disoriented. The passengers next...
Some of us like a good scratch. And some of us like to pick our noses. Why do we we even have these things? How would our grip be affected by them? And how not...
For billions of years, the Sun’s gravitational has kept Earth’s orbit on a steady and reliable path. But this rogue star has other plans for our planet. This...
It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...
This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don’t mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long...
The undead apocalypse has begun. Thousands of undead corpses are chasing people on the streets, eating their flesh, and turning them into new brain-eating creatures...
You’re enjoying a walk with your dog in the forest. Suddenly, your dog senses something and starts barking at some bushes. All you can see is a snout and two big...
You’ve accidentally stumbled onto an old minefield. Surrounded by land mines buried somewhere in the ground, you don’t know where to step. One wrong...
Imagine if one day you looked up into the night sky, and saw Mars or Saturn where the Moon was supposed to be. That would sure turn our Earth into an alien world. And...
How often do you wash your sheets? Especially if you’re a single man between the ages of 18 and 25. Because according to one survey, half of this demographic only change...
