You’re sitting in a small boat in the middle of a quiet lake with your fishing line stretched out into the water. Nothing about it feels threatening. Then the air...
With so many amazing things happening in the world today, what could possibly go wrong? Well… A giant asteroid is barrelling on a collision course with Earth, and...
An invasion of the United States by China sounds like the plot of a blockbuster movie. The United States has not experienced a foreign invasion of its mainland in modern...
Jupiter dominates the outer part of the Solar System with an enormous collection of moons, and many of its largest satellites are worlds unlike anything found on Earth...
Congratulations, you’ve taken the seven-month-long journey and have landed on Mars. And it turns out, you’re the first person. Better start getting the human...
You thought forest fires were bad? Wait till you hear about ocean fires. Yes, that’s right. The sea bursting into a fiery hellscape. What if every ocean on Earth...
In 1915, the small village of Sankebetsu in Hokkaido, Japan, became the scene of one of the country’s most horrifying wildlife attacks. A massive Ussuri brown...
You are hiking through a quiet forest when you suddenly hear a strange buzzing sound. At first, it seems harmless. But within seconds, the noise becomes louder and...
Scientists have a threshold for planetary destruction. An object roughly 96 kilometers wide, striking Earth, would wipe out every living thing on the surface. Jupiter...
In 2015, NASA’s super powerful Kepler Space Telescope discovered the closest copy of Earth to date. It’s called Kepler-452. Often nicknamed “Earth 2...
410 kilometers (254 miles) above the Earth. That’s where the International Space Station floats. What if you happened to be all the way up here but suddenly fell...
Just one second after a stranger approached her on a London street, Katie Piper’s life changed forever. The 25 year old model and television presenter had been...
For decades, the United States, Russia, and China have competed for influence around the world. They have fought through economic pressure, cyberattacks, intelligence...
In November, 1884, the New York Times ran a pretty interesting story. An astronomer, known only by the name, “Arndt” claimed to have discovered a cubic...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
It looks more like a harmless sea creature than a deadly predator. Hidden among rocks, shells, and coral in shallow water, a blue ringed octopus can be almost impossible...
A man in Tallahassee, Florida had been fighting a cockroach infestation for three years when one finally found its way into his ear while he slept. He woke up feeling it...
This is the Mariana Trench, the deepest place on Earth. It stretches 11km (7 mi) down below sea level. But what if we made it even deeper? Get a giant drill because...
A brand new continent has emerged in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A process that would typically take millions of years happened overnight. How would this disrupt...
Moving is never easy. The packing and unpacking, having to start fresh and make new friends, all this can be challenging. Let’s face it, whether it’s a nasty...
