They’ll take over your house, contaminate your food, and leave their feces all over the place. And in some cases, they can even expose you to dangerous diseases...
Welcome to Scotland.The home of malt scotch, kilts, and sea monsters? It’s time to get up close and personal with the Loch Ness monster, affectionately known as...
Every year, hurricanes batter the North Atlantic and affect millions of people. The damage can be catastrophic, and these storms are getting worse. But what if we had a...
MSN New, Humanity
What If We Could Genetically Engineer the Perfect Human, and What Would It Cost Us?
What makes the perfect human? Immaculate features? Indomitable Intelligence? Incomparable wit? Or irresistible charm? What if you could modify your genes? What if...
The Amazon rainforest is often described as one of the most important ecosystems on the planet, yet it is also one of the most threatened. Every year, large sections of...
There are over one million volcanoes on our ocean floor. And all of them suddenly started spewing out red-hot molten rock. The ocean is filling with lava. And nothing...
Imagine drifting through space in a place so empty that you wouldn’t see a single star, planet, or galaxy in any direction. This is the Boötes Void, one of the largest...
For decades, engineers have been working to make robots more like humans. Artificial intelligence has allowed machines to think more intelligently, while advanced...
Millions of years ago, this giant sea scorpion terrorized the ocean. It was the apex predator of its time. So what if we brought it into the modern-day and had it fight...
Imagine an ultimate road trip across the globe. On a highway along the equator. Wait, there is no highway along the equator… yet. So how about we build one? What...
Ever imagined Earth swelling into a genuine giant among the planets, not modestly larger but scaled all the way up to Jupiter itself? Picture oceans, continents, and...
Imagine you’re out for a walk on a lovely day, with not a care in the world. The birds are singing, and the sun is shining. Actually, the sun seems brighter than usual...
But how would a second moon affect the ocean tides? Would months on Earth become longer or shorter? And would these two satellites inevitably collide to cause a massive...
Every winter, brave souls around the world cut holes in frozen lakes and jump in for a few seconds of icy glory. They call it extreme. The universe finds that adorable...
MSN New, Earth
Scientists Reached the Bottom of the Mariana Trench, and Something Far Stranger Was Waiting Below
Far beneath the surface of the western Pacific sits one of the most punishing environments this planet has to offer. The Mariana Trench was never meant to welcome...
Jupiter is known as the king of moons. The massive planet has 95 known moons orbiting around it, and some are so large they could almost be considered planets themselves...
TOI 849b is one of the largest rocky planets ever discovered. It’s a massive, desolate world with zero atmosphere, orbiting incredibly close to its star. Temperatures...
Obviously, we can't just pack our stuff and move there today. But what if we terraformed it - reshaped it into an Earth's image?
These slithering creatures can live in the smallest corners of your home and the darkest places you don’t dare visit. Well, not anymore, because today we’re...
For years, Action Park in New Jersey was known as the most dangerous amusement park in America. Thousands of visitors left with cuts, broken bones, burns, and stitches...
