On July 30, 1945, the USS Indianapolis was sailing through the Pacific Ocean when disaster struck. Japanese torpedoes slammed into the American heavy cruiser, causing...
In the underwater world, finding a mate can require some unusual strategies. While many animals compete with strength, colors, or displays of dominance, one tiny ocean...
Serving and protecting the United States is a big responsibility. But its seven services have things covered, even outer space. Tonight it’s sea versus sky as we...
Hippos are among the most dangerous animals on Earth. They kill around 500 people every year across Africa, more than twice the number attributed to lions. Despite their...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Not too far from Earth is a giant space rock that has silently played host to just twelve people in its entire...
Has the weather ever ruined your plans? What if I told you I had an idea to stop hurricanes from wrecking your day? And that it involves liquid nitrogen. How exactly...
Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...
You’re enjoying a cross-country drive, but you’re getting hungry. As you pull in for gas, you notice some sushi, and it looks delicious. So you buy some to...
For more than a century, humanity has relied heavily on fossil fuels to power modern civilization. Oil, natural gas and coal have supplied most of the world’s...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story Jupiter is the largest planet in our solar system, a massive world made mostly of hydrogen and helium, with no solid surface to stand on...
A century of history flashes before your eyes. Not the past, but the future. And now you know how life would unfold over the next 100 years. What changes would happen to...
If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something...
Swipe Down for Video Story Tired of living on an overpopulated Earth? Why not move to the O’Neill Cylinder? An artificial state-of-the-art space habitat where we...
10. Upload The age-old question of “what happens after we die” is at the heart of Amazon’s “Upload,” a show about a man who dies and his consciousness is resurrected in...
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A Global Power Outage Could Last Just One Week, but the Damage Could Take Years to Repair
Do you find the dark unsettling? Have you ever watched the big game on your refrigerator? With all the conveniences of modern living available in your pocket, or at the...
It sounds like science fiction, but imagining a collision between Jupiter and a black hole helps reveal just how delicate our Solar System really is. Space is not empty...
Every year, hundreds of millions of people rely on buses to get where they need to go. In the United States alone, more than 700 million passengers travel by bus...
Imagine a world where we didn’t need any lights, where we could detect diseases just by looking at someone, and literally see right through people’s...
When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most...
It’s a warm summer evening and you’re enjoying a barbeque with your family and friends. The sunny skies suddenly turn dark as a storm blows in. You hear thunder and know...
