Would you drink water that was extracted from the Moon? With NASA’s recent discovery of water on the Moon’s surface, it might become a more common practice...
Language is constantly changing. Words that were once common can disappear from everyday conversations, only to survive in old books and historical records. Some...
Ever imagined Earth swelling into a genuine giant among the planets, not modestly larger but scaled all the way up to Jupiter itself? Picture oceans, continents, and...
For over half a century, we’ve searched for radio signals from extraterrestrial civilizations. But it’s, been, well, a little quiet. Are they ignoring us? Or...
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. Saying its name three times won’t have the same effect as a certain bio-exorcist, but it’s still a sight to behold. At about 950...
No matter how experienced a driver you think you are, whether it’s nearly blinding fog or strong winds pushing your car off unfinished roads, some bridges are...
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...
The truth is out there. With thousands of sightings, theories and believers, the creature known as Bigfoot has become the stuff of legend. What if this fabled cryptid...
Forget anything harmless sounding, because this is volcanic glass falling from the sky, and it could turn everyday life into an itchy, blistered ordeal. Picture waking...
Life on Mars might be like this. You’d 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...
What would happen if you put a couple of physicists in a room with a rope, a box and a black hole? They might come up with a plan to power the Earth for centuries. Black...
With every rocket we launch into the Earth’s orbit, we’re trapping ourselves on our own planet. Wait, how could sending rockets into space put an end to...
Few environments on Earth are as unforgiving as the desert. Humans are built to survive within a fairly narrow range of temperatures, and we depend on a steady supply of...
Rodents make up 75 percent of all animals used in scientific testing. They breed easily, and their physiology and genes overlap enough with ours to stand in for us. Take...
What if instead of shining brightly for another 5 billion years, the only star in our Solar System turned into a dark and cold remnant? A black dwarf. How long...
What’s shiny, liquid, conducts electricity and is also the surname of a legendary rock star? You guessed it, mercury. This naturally occurring element has a lot of...
The reason why we’re able to see Betelgeuse so clearly from 640 light years away is because it’s massive. In fact, it’s 12–20 times more massive than...
What if reaching 150 years old was no longer science fiction? Imagine a world where aging slowed dramatically, cancer became far less common, and your body could repair...
In 1974, 18 year old Carol DaRonch was shopping at a mall in Murray, Utah, when a man approached her and claimed to be a police detective. He showed her what appeared to...
On July 24, 2010, around 1.5 million people were expected to attend the Love Parade electronic music festival in Duisburg, Germany. What was supposed to be a huge...
