What If We Killed All Spiders?

They’re in your yard, on your walls, in your attic, and there’s probably one near you right now. The thought of these creepy crawlers might make you want to go on an...

8 Minutes Without Oxygen?

You wouldn’t notice it at first. But every second, the air around you is thinning, just a little. Within 30 seconds, you’d be gasping. Engines would fail, hospitals...

What If You Were Born on the Moon?

Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...

What If the Moon Exploded?

Is it a meteor shower? Space debris? No, it’s something much, much worse. Our nearest neighbor is a full Moon no more. The Moon exploded and splintered into...

What If We Built a Stanford Torus?

One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...