Once that missile launches, you can’t escape what’s coming next. But what are you facing? Four types of energy are about to be unleashed. First, a blast wave...
A black hole is often described as a cosmic point of no return, a region in space where gravity is so strong that nothing, not even light, can escape. Anything that...
Being swallowed by a whale sounds like something straight out of a fairy tale. Stories like Jonah and the Whale have been around for centuries, and every so often a...
Ghost stories have fascinated people for thousands of years. Strange figures in dark hallways, mysterious footsteps, and the unsettling feeling that someone is standing...
Just four light-years from Earth lies the closest known exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b. It has captured imaginations because it could be one of the first exoplanets where...
He was a naturalist, not a soldier, attached to British forces on an island off the coast of Burma. What he described hearing that night in 1945 turned into one of the...
You’ve been transported back in time to the unsinkable luxury cruise ship, the Titanic. But you know how things really turn out for this ocean liner. And as you...
The next step in space exploration isn’t waiting for some distant generation. It’s being planned right now, and the destination is the desolate world sitting...
In the dense forests of Australia lives one of the most extraordinary sound imitators in the animal kingdom, a bird capable of copying almost any noise it hears with...
Nature has spent millions of years solving problems that humans are only beginning to understand. Some animals have evolved remarkable abilities to heal wounds, resist...
On July 24, 2010, around 1.5 million people were expected to attend the Love Parade electronic music festival in Duisburg, Germany. What was supposed to be a huge...
If you were going for a refreshing swim, the last thing you’d expect is to suffocate from toxic gases. But when it comes to Lake Kivu, this is one dangerous body...
What if there are other universes, just like ours? With an infinite number of Earths? With uncountable versions of you? And what if we don’t have to look too far...
The Kardashev Scale, first proposed by Russian astronomer Nikolai Kardashev, measures the technological advancement of civilizations by the amount of energy they can...
What if humans had gills and could breathe underwater just like fish?
Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous...
Phil Bronstein thought he was about to get a rare photograph. In 2001, the journalist was visiting the Los Angeles Zoo with his then wife, actress Sharon Stone. During...
What if an insect could remain alive while slowly losing control of its own body? Instead of being killed by a predator, imagine something invading it, changing its...
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Christa Pike Survived Two Lethal Injections, but She Wasn’t the Only One to Survive an Execution
Christa Pike, a death row inmate in Tennessee, survived an extraordinary execution attempt involving lethal injection. After two doses of the execution drug were...
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...
