Even if you weren’t 1.5 billion km (900 million mi) away from Earth, starting a community is extremely hard. Luckily for you, we’re here to help you work out the kinks...
Ants are among the most familiar creatures on Earth, yet scientists continue to uncover abilities that seem almost unbelievable. One recent observation left researchers...
When I say jump, you say how high. Let’s put this to the ultimate test by hopping around the Solar System. Literally. What differences in gravity would you experience...
Two animals. One patch of territory. Neither has any interest in sharing it. That’s the whole setup, and it’s not a hypothetical scenario dreamed up for...
A peaceful hike through the wilderness can quickly turn into a nightmare if you encounter one of nature’s most powerful predators. Bears are among the largest land...
You wouldn’t notice it at first. But every second, the air around you is thinning, just a little. Within 30 seconds, you’d be gasping. Engines would fail, hospitals...
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...
Our solar system appears beautifully organized, but its stability is actually the result of an incredibly delicate cosmic equilibrium developed over billions of years...
Once a revolutionary invention, it's now filling up our oceans and killing thousands of whales, birds, turtles... Just how much plastic do we have around us?
Scorpions live on every continent except Antarctica. They’re arachnids, part of the same charming family as tarantulas and delicious lobsters. And they have...
Daniel Brandon was a 31 year old landscape worker from Church Crookham in the United Kingdom who had a deep fascination with reptiles. His bedroom was home to 10 snakes...
“Who’s a good girl? You are! Yes, you are!” If you have ever talked to your dog using a high pitched, baby like voice, you are not alone. Millions of dog owners...
Today, more people are alive on Earth than at any other point in human history. That sounds like an enormous number, but there is one figure that puts it into...
Communication is something humans often think we have mastered. We use languages, gestures, facial expressions, and technology to share information with each other. But...
Deep in the frozen wilderness of eastern Siberia lies a village unlike anywhere else on Earth. Snow blankets the landscape for most of the year, the ground remains...
Hey, who threw that? Oh no. It’s a pack of angry chimpanzees, and they’re coming for you. There’s no way that you can outrun them. They’re too fast. So...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Your alarm clock rings. Do you jump out of bed? Or hit the snooze button? Do you take cream? Sugar? Or both? We make...
We heard the warnings. But we didn’t listen. Now, we live in a world controlled by artificial intelligence. How did we let this happen? Will we able to survive...
The Big One. Those three words make locals along the West Coast of North America shudder with fear. This area is plagued by earthquakes. But hey, at least they are ready...
Charla Nash had been to that house in Stamford many times. She and Sandra Herold were close friends, and she knew Travis, the 14 year old chimpanzee Herold kept as part...
