Spanning more than 66 million years, the Cenozoic Era shaped the world we live in today. From the rise of mammals to the emergence of modern humans, this era tells a...
You know that feeling when you try to do a good thing and then accidentally scorch the entire planet? Yeah, the future can be terrifying. Lasers. Artificial intelligence...
A sudden reduction in size, shrinking by one centimeter per second, would expose a human to progressively smaller scales of the natural world, from ordinary objects to...
Get ready for some serious burns and the instantaneous death of organisms. Let’s turn up the heat and bring the entire planet to a boil for five whole seconds. How would...
How would the world change if, all of a sudden, every biological man disappeared? Would the world become more peaceful? Why would you have to ration food? And why...
How would you feel if this never ended? Despite all of the masks, tests, and vaccinations, there is no guarantee that COVID-19 will ever disappear. But stick with me on...
Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even...
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...
Imagine a world where humanity has not only gained the ability to travel and to populate space but has progressed even further than that. Humanity can now control and...
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Wise words. But what if two of the world’s most powerful nations burned their friendship, and each other, to the...
In 2010 an astronaut on the ISS observed a bizarre phenomenon. When he glanced out the window, he saw the Moon looked flattened when it appeared in the thickest part of...
Nearly 800 million light-years away, something has been forming. Scientists aren’t exactly sure what it is but have dubbed it ‘the black neutron star.’...
The digital age is well and truly upon us. And in recent years, there’s no development more talked about than Bitcoin. Forget about dollars, pounds, and euros...
You would live in giant glass domes, and grow small portions of food inside. And if you happen to go outside, it would be in your big clunky spacesuit, and you...
Plastic surrounds us in ways most of us don’t even notice. From the toothbrushes we use in the morning to the water bottles in our hands, plastic is everywhere. But have...
Look out. A burning hot space rock just fell straight into your living room, destroying all the things you care about most. Goodbye, sweet television. How did this...
What if we are not alone? There are so many secrets that making contact with alien life could reveal. The only problem is, we have no way of getting in touch with them...
The Solar System seems calm, but that tranquility is more fragile than it appears. Now imagine one day looking up and noticing something unfamiliar in the sky. A tiny...
About 65 million years ago, a mass extinction event occurred, wiping out more than 75% of all species on Earth. There have only been 5 mass extinctions in our...
When was the last time a bird pooped on you? Apparently, you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of getting pooped on by a bird, which is why some...
