When people think about space threats, they usually imagine asteroid impacts, solar storms, or distant supernova explosions. But some scientists warn that the most...
A tornado can turn an ordinary afternoon into a terrifying emergency within minutes. Powerful rotating winds can tear roofs apart, overturn vehicles, snap trees, and...
Imagine stepping outside your house and realizing you are never truly alone. A pigeon sits on a telephone wire across the street. A squirrel runs along a fence. A deer...
What was meant to be a once in a lifetime adventure quickly turned into one of the deadliest volcanic disasters ever recorded on camera. Whakaari, also known as White...
Hoarders. They can’t bear to throw anything away. They pile up stuff everywhere, cluttering every space until they can’t move anymore. What if we could flip...
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...
Swipe Down for Full Video Story We’ve thrown a lot of disasters at Earth over the years: from asteroids and aliens, to the Sun’s death. But hey, the Universe is a...
Imagine walking into a classroom where there is no teacher standing at the front of the room. Instead, every student is guided by an artificial intelligence system that...
Jupiter is the largest planet in our Solar System, and it is also one of the most extreme places humans could ever encounter. This massive gas giant is filled with...
On our hypothetical journey, we’ve already tested out living on a flat Earth, a cubical Earth, even a hollow Earth. What do you say we try to survive on an Earth...
Welcome to the Solar System construction zone. Today you’ll be using our cosmic sandbox to build a brand new planet. What would you need to create a rocky planet like...
Since its formation, the Earth has been revolving west to east on its axis. If one day our planet started rotating in the opposite direction, it would no longer be the...
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...
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Billions of Cicadas Just Emerged for the First Time in 17 Years, and Here’s Why It Matters
For the first time in 17 years, billions of cicadas are crawling out of the ground across parts of the United States. Their sudden appearance may look like the beginning...
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...
On June 23, 2018, twelve boys from a youth soccer team known as the Wild Boars and their assistant coach entered Thailand’s Tham Luang cave system after soccer practice...
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Scientists Reached the Bottom of the Mariana Trench, and Something Far Stranger Was Waiting Below
Far beneath the surface of the western Pacific sits one of the most punishing environments this planet has to offer. The Mariana Trench was never meant to welcome...
What if all the Earth’s land became ocean, and all the oceans became land? And what if our mountains turned into deep trenches, while the trenches grew to the...
As our population grows, we’re going to need a lot more farms to feed the planet. Yet, in a lot of places, farming is almost impossible. And much of the land we...
Chaos overtakes the streets, and the news spreads like wildfire. Sea levels have suddenly risen 500 meters, and giant waves are headed your way. Where could you hide to...
