Every time you watch a thunderstorm outside your window, you’re witnessing the energy of an atomic bomb. Now imagine harvesting that raw energy and using it to...
Somewhere on Earth, a circle of darkness 267 km across is crawling over the ground. That is roughly the size of West Virginia, moving across the planet, blotting out the...
We can build really big things in space. Okay, not that big – yet. But we’ve packed the Earth’s lower orbit with about 5,000 satellites – some...
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We Drain a Giant Coral Atoll for More Living Space, and the Consequences Spread Worldwide
Let’s face it. There are A LOT of us, and it’s getting more than a little crowded. Right now, there are over 7.7 billion people on Earth, and the United Nations predicts...
The Stone Age started 2.6 million years ago and ran for nearly 2.5 million years. Across that span, our ancestors survived three ice ages, chronic shortages of food, and...
What do you get when you mix the cuteness of a seal with the fierceness of a leopard? You get this adorable but dangerous predator. So the next time you go to...
“Below the thunders of the upper deep, Far, far beneath in the abysmal sea, his ancient, dreamless, uninvaded sleep The Kraken sleepeth” That’s right. It’s...
It’s the end of your shift. Like every night, you walk down a quiet street toward the bus station. But then you hear it. Footsteps behind you. You glance back and see...
For thousands of years the Moon has fueled myths, guided ships across open water, and lit up night skies without fail. During one especially tense stretch of the Cold...
What if I told you there was a way for you to know what lies ahead for you? Well, science could just have a way to predict your future. And it might become a reality...
The natural world is full of incredible creatures. Some are beautiful. Some are fascinating. And then there are the ones that look like they crawled straight out of a...
A devastating wildfire near Los Gallardos in southern Spain has become one of the deadliest fires in the country’s history. At least 12 people lost their lives...
The US and Israel have been allies for nearly 80 years. Billions in weapons. Dozens of UN vetoes. It’s a relationship that defined the modern Middle East. But what...
Paul Templer thought he was simply doing a favor for a friend. It was March 9, 1996, and the 28 year old Zimbabwean tour guide was supposed to have the day off. But when...
If you could step into a time machine and travel 1,000 years into the future, would you even recognize humanity? Would we still look like we do today, or would...
What are the ingredients for an industrial revolution? It’s simple! Take some new energy sources, add a dash of cutting-edge communications technology, and...
Nothing says luxury quite like ordering lobster. Today, it shows up on high end restaurant menus, drenched in butter, served like a symbol of wealth. It is expensive...
This giant rock lights up the night and can even change colors. So what would we do without it?
Divers off the coast of Lanzarote come across something that stops them mid descent. Human figures standing on the seafloor, dozens of them, silent in the blue while...
There are billions of planets drifting through the Milky Way with no star to orbit. No sun, no fixed path, nothing holding them anywhere in particular. They were most...
