About 66 million years ago, Earth was struck by one of the most powerful events in its history. A massive asteroid, roughly the size of a mountain, was racing through...
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Scientists Opened a Portal to Another Universe, and Everything Could Change in Seconds
For all the discoveries humanity has made about the cosmos, we still know remarkably little about what lies beyond the part of reality we can observe. Some theories in...
Imagine walking home through a city at night when a sudden flash appears in the sky. Seconds later, your phone shuts off. Traffic lights go dark, cars stop moving, and...
Until its closure in 2014, a dedicated area for inmates suffering from mental illnesses occupied the 9th floor of Miami-Dade County’s Pre-Trial Detention Center...
In September 2019, the Merriam-Webster Dictionary added 530 new words to its collection, which now totals roughly 470,000 words. Needless to say, language, all languages...
The weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful… …So why not crawl up beside it and go to sleep until the seasons change? That’s what...
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...
We sure love our roads. We love them so much that we seem determined to pave the entire world. But maybe roads can become the future of renewable energy. That’s right...
You hear it crashing through the trees. There’s no way to escape it. The sloth bear is the most dangerous bear in the world. And it’s going to tear your face...
Something is very wrong with our Sun. It’s turned into a spinning lighthouse of death. What would make the Sun so much more deadly than usual? Would there be any way...
Earth Day is often a reminder of how fragile our planet really is. Every system on Earth is connected in ways that are easy to overlook, from atmospheric circulation to...
Invisibility is no longer just a topic of fantasy or science fiction; several companies around the world have developed technologies to make it a reality. Some use a...
Let’s face it. We’re hooked on the stuff. Most of us can’t even start our day without a nice cup of joe. According to the International Coffee Organization, over 1...
It’s dawn, it’s dark, and you don’t what kind of weather is waiting for you outside your tent. It doesn’t matter anyway. In rain, hail, sleet...
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...
This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat...
A loud explosion wakes you up in the middle of the night. You look out the window and see a missile hit a building across the street. The neighborhood you grew up in, is...
Every human life begins the same way: inside a mother’s womb. Over the course of about 40 weeks, a single fertilized cell develops into a fully formed baby...
What was that? Why is there a hole in my roof? And why am I covered in branches? They’re beautiful. They provide oxygen, and trees remove some harmful gases. But...
Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that’s...
