Scientists put a number on the end of the world, and the numbers are not evenly frightening. Some sit at a fraction of a percent. Others are alarmingly high. Ten...
Have you ever played your favorite song for your dog or cat and wondered whether they actually enjoy it? Your pet may sit quietly beside you while the music plays, but...
This is the Sun. And this is a neutron star. But don’t let its size fool you. Neutron stars are massive gravitational monsters, and orbiting one wouldn’t end...
Scroll down to watch our video. This may look like a regular airport, but people believe that beneath it there is an underground city. And not just any underground city...
Whether you enjoy rock music, or pop, or if classical or jazz takes your fancy, we all love music. But what if we had never invented music? No, rhythms, no melodies...
Point a light at it and the light does not come back. Almost none of it, anyway. The skin of this fish absorbs up to 99.5 percent of everything that touches it, which...
For decades, computers have become faster, smaller, and more powerful. But even the world’s best supercomputers have limits. Some calculations would take them...
Scientists theorize that many millions of years ago, Mars had rings, just like Saturn. And it looks like the red planet could be due for a new set of rings in the future...
The world often looks to powerful nations to stop conflicts, negotiate peace, and restore stability. But when it comes to a major war involving Iran, China’s role may...
What if, instead of Trump or Biden becoming the next U.S. President, there was a third-party candidate? And that candidate was Elon Musk? What if Elon Musk became the...
The monkeys have revolted. And not just with brute strength or violence. Primates have finally outsmarted humankind once and for all. It’s their planet now. How...
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...
Ever since Russia invaded Ukraine, the world has been afraid of one thing. Russia’s nukes. But what exactly would happen if Russian president Vladimir Putin...
One task, you have. Find Baby Yoda, you must. The tracking fob, guide you it will. Where, begin your search, would you? It sounds like an easy task. But we...
You are the result of a chain of events that began billions of years ago. Earth has liquid water, a protective atmosphere, a magnetic field, a stable orbit, and the...
Forty light years from Earth, there is a world that looks a lot like Venus. But unlike the most sweltering, hellish planet in the Solar System, this not so distant...
The numbers are hard to ignore. According to United Nations assessments, the world has roughly a decade to make dramatic cuts in greenhouse gas emissions if it hopes to...
What if you had the power to control things without touching them? What if you could use your mind for anything from bending spoons to lifting cars, and even stopping...
A bull can look calm one moment and become dangerously aggressive the next. During crowded festivals such as Pamplona’s famous running of the bulls, thousands of...
Space tourism is happening now. Soon enough, you might be able to take your own vacation into the cosmos. What would your travel experience be like? What would you see...
