How To Survive A Tarantula Bite

They can be larger than your head. Some are covered with barbed hairs they can throw at your eyes to blind you. Their fangs can be as long as the width of your thumbs...

What If Your Stomach Acid Disappeared?

When your stomach is working normally, you probably don’t think about it at all. But when it starts acting up, you can’t ignore it. And right now, it’s definitely...

What If the Titanoboa Lived Today?

About 60 million years ago, one of the Paleocene’s deadliest predators could be found stealthily slithering around the waters of South America. The titanoboa...

How to Survive a Bullet Wound

Gun-related deaths and injuries occur around the world everyday. In the United States alone, there are more than 100 gun-related deaths daily. And 200 more people are...

What If You Fell Into Angel Falls?

It’s the tallest uninterrupted waterfall on Earth. Taller than the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, the Big Bang, the Statue of Liberty and the Tower of...

What If COVID-19 Never Disappears?

How would you feel if this never ended? Despite all of the masks, tests, and vaccinations, there is no guarantee that COVID-19 will ever disappear. But stick with me on...

How to Survive an Anaconda Attack

Hearing someone scream “snake!” can cause people to panic. And when you’re in the shallow, murky rivers of South America, home to the deadly anaconda, you realize this...

How to Survive Being Hit by a Car

According to the World Health Organization, every day, 3,700 people worldwide die from car accidents. More than half of them are pedestrians, cyclists, or motorcyclists...

What If You Cut the Moon in Half?

What causes moonquakes? What would happen if half of our Moon drifted away? Has the Moon already split in half? As friendly neighbors in the sky, the Moon and Earth have...

How to Survive Tapeworms

Tapeworms are flat, segmented worms that live inside some animals’ intestines. And ours. We know that six types of these parasites infect people. If an animal is...