Imagine if all the Earth’s oxygen disappeared. Not forever, just for, say, an hour? Could you hold your breath that long? What would happen to the atmosphere? And...
Your time has come! You’ve kicked the bucket, cashed in your chips, you’re pushing up the daisies. In other words, you’ve died. Sorry about your loss. Luckily for...
Deep in the western Pacific Ocean lies one of the most extreme environments on Earth. The Mariana Trench is not a place designed for human exploration in any comfortable...
How would you feel if this never ended? Despite all of the masks, tests, and vaccinations, there is no guarantee that COVID-19 will ever disappear. But stick with me on...
Three passengers died — including a Dutch couple — and others fell ill on the MV Hondius sailing from Argentina toward Cape Verde. One case is lab-confirmed as...
Some say, “youth is wasted on the young.” So what if it wasn’t? What if you didn’t have to dread aging? Your eyesight failing? Your joints aching...
When it comes to energy, we have a long way to go before our utility bills become a thing of the past. On the Kardashev scale we’re still a Type 0 civilization...
Humans dominate Earth today, building cities, launching spacecraft and transforming the planet in ways no other known species ever has. But what if we were not the first...
The Earth is under attack! And rather than just completely obliterating us, our attackers have decided to simply cut our planet in half. Is this an act of mercy, or the...
Prehistoric Australia was not the warm, sunlit continent we know today. Between roughly 126,000 and 12,000 years ago, during the late Pleistocene, it was a place where...
Eye Makeup The people of Ancient Egypt were already using eye makeup as early as 4000 B.C., making them one of the first civilizations to develop cosmetics. Both men and...
Our Solar System has remained remarkably stable for billions of years. Every planet follows a carefully balanced orbit, held together by the Sun’s gravity. But...
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Swipe Down and Turn Up the Sound to Hear the Full Experience. Space is often described as silent. With no atmosphere to carry sound waves, there is nothing for...
Imagine looking up at Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar System, and deciding to jump straight into it. It sounds like the ultimate space adventure, but the...
North Korea operates one of the most secretive prison systems in the world. Spread across the country are labor training centers, re education camps, and at the most...
It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...
They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We...
Ants are among the most familiar creatures on Earth, yet scientists continue to uncover abilities that seem almost unbelievable. One recent observation left researchers...
Right now, a wall of ice nearly two miles thick is covering the land where Chicago used to be. And it has been moving across the continent for 20,000 years without ever...
