Sea levels have gone up 20cm (8″) since 1850, but it was unevenly distributed around the globe. That’s roughly half the height of a bowling pin, 3.5 times the size...
The world often looks to powerful nations to stop conflicts, negotiate peace, and restore stability. But when it comes to a major war involving Iran, China’s role may...
Chaos overtakes the streets, and the news spreads like wildfire. Sea levels have suddenly risen 500 meters, and giant waves are headed your way. Where could you hide to...
This is not some harmless hair. It’s volcanic glass and it could turn your life into an itchy, blistering existence. Uh oh. Looks like today’s forecast is volcanic...
An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through space in a way that can’t be explained by...
The truth is out there. With thousands of sightings, theories and believers, the creature known as Bigfoot has become the stuff of legend. What if this fabled cryptid...
By the year 2035, NASA plans to send humans to Mars. But it would be about a nine-month trip with our current rocket technology. However, in the not-so-distant future...
Right now, the worst a hacker can take from you is a password, a bank balance, maybe some embarrassing photos. Annoying. Recoverable. Now imagine the same people...
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...
Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, Earth-sized storms. While it might look calm and...
The Middle Ages, a time when you were more likely to die on the toilet than take a bath. And now you’re going there with an educational mission. It’s up to...
Imagine waking up to headlines announcing that one of the largest mammals to ever roam the Americas has returned. After disappearing thousands of years ago, the giant...
Imagine looking at a pile of plastic waste and seeing something completely different. Instead of useless garbage sitting in landfills or polluting oceans, scientists...
Nearly 500 years before Christopher Columbus sailed across the Atlantic, another group of fearless explorers had already reached North America. At the very edge of the...
For centuries, humanity has looked toward the stars searching for signs of intelligent life. But what if the biggest discovery in human history is not finding aliens...
Scroll to the bottom to watch our video. The Earth has been hurtling towards Jupiter for the past 242 days, and now it’s about to make impact. Now we’re so...
Picture a food so despised that serving it too often was considered cruel. A food shoveled onto the plates of prisoners and servants because nobody else would touch it...
What would happen if you put a couple of physicists in a room with a rope, a box and a black hole? They might come up with a plan to power the Earth for centuries. Black...
For thousands of years, ancient cities have disappeared beneath forests, deserts, and modern landscapes. Entire civilizations have been forgotten, leaving behind only...
There are over one million volcanoes on our ocean floor. And all of them suddenly started spewing out red-hot molten rock. The ocean is filling with lava. And nothing...
