Imagine being told that your new prison cell sits on an isolated island in the middle of San Francisco Bay. The water around you is cold, the currents are strong, and...
Imagine being transported 500 million years into Earth’s past, landing in a world that feels both alien and dangerously unfamiliar. You have just arrived in the Cambrian...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Imagine a tiny needle traveling toward Earth at the speed of light. At first glance, it might seem harmless, since it is so small...
A giant asteroid is headed our way. But no, it won’t hit the Earth. This asteroid is about to slam into the Moon and crack it right in half. What would it be like...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] 55% of the world’s population live in cities. By 2050, that’ll be two thirds of the world’s...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Since its formation, the Earth has been revolving west to east on its axis. If one day our planet started rotating in...
For decades, computers have become faster, smaller, and more powerful. But even the world’s best supercomputers have limits. Some calculations would take them...
On your marks. Get set. Bear crawl. The movement of the future is here. And it looks a lot like the movement of the distant past. What benefits would you get from moving...
The Sun’s core is shrinking. But as its core shrinks, the Sun itself grows larger. And it will continue to grow, until one day, it engulfs the Earth. How long can you...
For millions of people, cats are loving companions that bring comfort and joy. But behind those soft paws and playful claws, there can be a hidden danger. A simple...
What if Earth’s orbit ventured as far from the Sun as Pluto, and got as close to it as Venus? Would the Sun burn the planet to a crisp at the closest...
The ocean is often described as Earth’s last great frontier, a vast and mysterious world that continues to challenge even the most experienced explorers. In May...
Once a revolutionary invention, it's now filling up our oceans and killing thousands of whales, birds, turtles... Just how much plastic do we have around us?
In space, no one can hear you scream. But just because sound can’t travel in the vacuum of space doesn’t mean that the planets and our Sun don’t make noise. What would...
Sixty-six million years ago, an asteroid as big as Mount Everest was headed on a deadly collision course with Earth. The impact was so devastating that it wiped out the...
Russia already takes up one-eighth of all of the inhabited land on the planet. And now it has its eyes on one of its European neighbors, Ukraine. Historically, Ukraine...
Imagine living on the Moon. You’d have the best view of Earth, enjoy bouncing around in zero gravity and living your life as an astronaut explorer. Ah...
THE BEGINNING – 4.5 BILLION YEARS AGO On Mars, this stage is called the Pre Noachian era. Mars had just formed from dust and gas inside the early solar disk, the...
Wait a minute, Neanderthals are extinct? Before you laugh, check yourself. Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be...
For decades, Jurassic Park has captured the imagination of audiences around the world. The idea of bringing dinosaurs back from extinction and filling entire parks with...
