Swipe down for full video story! Mosquitoes are the deadliest animals on Earth, responsible for nearly one million human deaths each year. They transmit diseases such as...
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...
Imagine what it would be like if you could wake up in your New York City apartment at 7:00 a.m., and make it to your job in London, England by 9:30 in the morning. That...
There’s nothing better than being in the mountains. The air is fresh and cool. The scenery is like the Lord of the Rings movies. What could be better? Suddenly...
It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now Mars is the new promised land everyone...
South Africa’s Kruger National Park is huge and includes about five million acres of wild land; within it are some of the world’s most protected animals...
The air around you is so ordinary that you rarely think about it. Yet every breath, every sound you hear, every cloud in the sky, and every drop of liquid water depends...
Humanity has built some incredibly destructive weapons. There are still roughly 12,000 nuclear warheads on Earth today, capable of causing catastrophic damage to human...
Split every dollar on Earth evenly tomorrow morning, and the billionaires would start climbing back before the year was out. Not because of conspiracy. Because of...
As much as we love to blow stuff up here on Earth, no bombs or pyrotechnics could compare to the incredible force of nature’s biggest explosion, the supernova. As...
Humans have a knack for changing the environment. Often, these projects have effects we didn’t plan for. Sometimes, it’s disastrous. And other times, it gives us energy...
Right now, we’re at a stage where we trust AI. The future is still bright for this type of technology, and there’s so much that we don’t know yet. With...
The World’s Biggest Nuclear Bomb Is Taken to the Bottom of the Mariana Trench, and Then It Begins
Today we’re dropping a big bomb into the deepest part of the ocean. So grab a surfboard and get ready to hang ten on the waves of a massive nuclear tsunami. How would...
Touching Metal at Absolute Zero Could Freeze Your Hand to the Surface and Leave You Needing Amputation
It’s about to get a little chilly in here. What’s the coldest you’ve ever been? Well today, we’re cranking that down a notch. Today, you’re heading into absolute zero...
The night sky looks empty. It isn’t. There are thousands of satellites up there right now, along with a great deal of debris, and almost none of us give them a...
The war in Ukraine has altered the lives of millions. And has sent prices for goods like oil and natural gas skyrocketing around the world. But the worst may be yet to...
This is the longest underwater pipe on Earth. It stretches to the bottom of the deepest place on the planet, where only a few people have ever visited. And we’re...
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?
Sharks are the oceans’ primary predators. Eating every fish in their path. But what if you ended up in a pool full of them, and you were the prey? What would...
When you ask someone a question, you expect a truthful answer, right? In an ideal world, people would always be honest. But research suggests reality is far messier than...

