While it might be nice to avoid any dangerous confrontations on your wilderness walks, life without wildlife would be pretty boring. If we didn’t have animals...
For decades, relations between America and North Korea have run from tense highs to some interesting lows. But what happens when two superpowers decide that enough is...
Ever feel like the Earth is just too small? Well, let’s make it bigger. Much, much bigger. Welcome to a new Earth that is just as big as Jupiter. In what ways would the...
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Throughout history, some criminals have committed crimes so shocking that their names became symbols of fear. From trusted doctors to seemingly friendly neighbors, these...
Mountains. They’re born, they grow, they age and erode. And after a very, very long life, they turn to dust. What if all mountains collapsed at once? What are the...
Fake news may seem like a modern problem created by the internet and social media, but historians have traced its origins back more than a century. Long before online...
The Amazon rainforest stretches for millions of kilometers, hiding ancient tribes, animals and maybe something else. What if under this mysterious canopy lies an...
40 km (25 mi) off the coast of Brazil lies an island so dangerous it’s illegal to visit. But rules don’t apply to you. You’re a thrill-seeking...
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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...
The Moon has been quietly orbiting Earth for billions of years. It lights up our nights, influences the tides, and appears harmless from a distance. But imagine stepping...
As much as we love to blow stuff up here on Earth, no bombs or pyrotechnics could compare to the incredible force of nature’s biggest explosion, the supernova. As...
There’s something approaching from the distance that you can’t stop. It can completely destroy cities and kill tens of thousands of people. It looks like...
Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did every planet suddenly get a twin? Where would...
The sky turns orange. A loud noise is coming from the distance and getting closer. You turn and see a wall of sand, rising meters (yards) above the ground, and you’re...
The idea of opening a portal to a parallel universe sounds like pure science fiction. It brings to mind stories filled with mysterious gateways, alternate realities, and...
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...
It’s almost as old as the Universe, and as massive as 34 billion Suns. It eats stars for breakfast. And now it’s about to consume our own. Behold, the great...
Human history has been full of battles and wars, some big and some small. But if World War 3 were to happen, it might be humanity’s biggest battle yet. Advanced...
