Something strange is happening on the outskirts of our Solar System. It could be a large, mysterious planet. Or, it could be a black hole. How big would this black hole...
What if climate change was taken to the absolute extreme and the entire planet’s ice melted?
Mars has long captured the imagination as humanity’s potential next home. The red planet looks inviting from a distance, but the reality is far from hospitable. Even a...
Friction is what allows us to move…and to slow down. Friction is how we pick things up …and hold on to them. To be totally honest, there isn’t much we...
How would it feel to control objects with your mind? Or hear colors? Or maybe even live forever? Well, if you want to find out, all you have to do is become a cyborg...
Komodo dragons, also known as Komodo monitors, are the largest lizards in the world. As adults, they have an almost-uniform stone color and can weigh around 70 kg (154...
Every year, about half a dozen hurricanes reach the United States. With effects ranging from heavy winds and some flooding to the complete decimation of communities...
What if there was another version of you? Somewhere out there in the Universe. A you that could be anything. Imagine a version of you where you’re the Batman. Or...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Stars with a much larger mass than our Sun burn out after just a few million years; in a gigantic explosion known as...
What would happen if we tried to dump all our trash on Jupiter? It might sound like a perfect solution, but the reality would be far more dangerous than you think. A...
Millions of years ago, the megalodon shark was one of the scariest creatures to ever lurk in our seas. And even before that, the mosasaurs reigned supreme, terrorizing...
You start your day hearing wild news. Jupiter has just swallowed Saturn. And it doesn’t stop there. Jupiter is on its way to swallow every planet in the Solar...
With every rocket we launch into the Earth’s orbit, we’re trapping ourselves on our own planet. Wait, how could sending rockets into space put an end to...
Deep frying a turkey can often times be incredibly dangerous. So why don’t we try a different cooking method? Let’s send our turkey up into space, and have...
On the night of December 2, 1984, the residents of Bhopal woke up choking on poison. The air smelled strange as people suddenly felt their eyes burning and their throats...
Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But...
Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing space dust floating around it. Maybe broken-off parts of the moon are raining down on Earth. You’d wonder what happened;...
The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an...
How many sea animals would face extinction? Could the corals rebuild themselves from scratch? How would this massive die-off affect humanity? Corals are not rocks. They...
Our solar system appears beautifully organized, but its stability is actually the result of an incredibly delicate cosmic equilibrium developed over billions of years...
