The record for living underwater currently stands at 31 days. One month. That is the ceiling of human experience beneath the surface, and there are companies right now...
At the circus in Madrid, Spain, things seemed to be proceeding as scheduled for 35-year-old animal trainer Denny Gottani. Since he had years of experience in working...
Imagine if Earth suddenly lost an entire continent. North America wouldn’t just vanish off the face of the planet, of course. Instead, it would sink into the...
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...
So you happen to be traveling in space, exploring the Universe. Then you start to see planets and stars disappear. Outer space begins to get darker and darker. You look...
You’re driving your car on the highway, when you see something in the sky. Minutes later, you find yourself in a violent storm. Hail the size of a softball, and...
Welcome to the world of power and influence. Today, we look at the eight most dangerous world leaders. Which one has the strongest military? Who’s got the most...
Brooklinn Khoury was 22 years old when a dog she had known for years suddenly attacked her without warning. She had been chatting with her cousin when the family pit...
Let’s make every meal, ice cream only. That’s right. For the next few months, you will eat only ice cream. Sounds delicious. Which ice cream would be best...
What if your reality was nothing more than a complex computer simulation? And if you were just a program on someone else’s hard drive, how would you know? Who...
A snake bite can turn into a life threatening emergency within minutes. Every year, millions of people around the world are bitten by venomous snakes, and some cases...
Settling on the Moon or Mars may be all the buzz. But how about we all move to an icy dwarf planet in the middle of the Solar System? To Ceres. What would make this a...
A magnitude 7.8 earthquake just devastated parts of the Philippines. The powerful quake sent people rushing into the streets, damaged buildings, and triggered tsunami...
Slavery, America’s original sin, was outlawed by President Lincoln on New Year’s Day in 1863. But the repercussions of this brutality and dehumanization...
Reports suggest that by the year 2030, 800 million jobs will be lost to automation. Will yours be one of them? We used to be afraid that robots would rise to power and...
This is the most powerful object in the Universe. The biggest spinning magnet to ever exist. It’s the cosmic equivalent of a great white shark. But it...
The dead are rising. The infection is spreading faster than anyone can contain it, and defenses are already failing. A study by the University of Leicester theorized...
Humanity’s nuclear arsenal is capable of destroying all life on Earth. Over. And over. And over. Maybe it’s time we dumped it far away. We might want to inhabit...
Hippos are often seen as calm animals that spend their days relaxing in rivers and muddy waters. But behind their peaceful appearance is one of the most dangerous...
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...
