In 1044, the Chinese invented gunpowder. And we’ve been getting into trouble ever since. Fireworks are cool, nuclear warfare is not. And nuking the moon...
Grab your weapons, find your friends and get to your base. It’s zombie-hunting time! That thing you’ve been daydreaming about for years is finally happening...
For decades Rikers Island has been the subject of controversy because of overcrowding, violence, frequent staff shortages, abuse, medical neglect and deaths, all of...
MSN New, Cosmos
A Gamma Ray Burst Is Headed Straight for a Black Hole, and Reality Is About to Get Extreme
Picture a burst of energy so powerful that it can outshine entire regions of the cosmos, racing directly toward an object with gravity strong enough to trap light. A...
For thousands of years, snakes have been feared, hunted, and misunderstood. These creatures appear in almost every environment on Earth, from tropical jungles and...
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...
Time travel has long been a favorite idea in science fiction. Stories about changing the past or visiting the future have captured imaginations for generations. While...
Scientists have discovered many planets similar to Earth beyond our solar system. These exoplanets can be up to 10 times larger than Earth, which might be ideal for our...
Deep in space, astronomers have detected unusual radio signals that immediately sparked excitement and controversy in the scientific community. At first glance, these...
When people imagine artificial intelligence taking over, they usually picture something straight out of a science fiction movie. Giant robots patrol the streets...
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 can control everything...
Is alien life really out there? For decades, humanity has looked at the night sky and asked the same question. Now, according to scientists, we may be closer than ever...
Picture a world where ice does not melt, even while the ground glows with temperatures hotter than molten metal. Far beyond our solar system, astronomers discovered a...
How long would we have untill the Earth got crushed into nothingness? What would we observe from down here? And what would happen next? It’s generally accepted...
Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. Wise words. But what if two of the world’s most powerful nations burned their friendship, and each other, to the...
You’ve finally made it! The trip of a lifetime. Wild nature, lush scenery, and exotic animals galore. It’s all good, as long as things go as expected. But in...
Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...
From deep oceans to hidden rainforests and underground tunnels, nature has created some of the strangest creatures ever discovered. At first glance, many of these...
Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...
MSN New, Humanity
Evolving 1,000 Years Overnight Would Make You Near-Immortal, but Turn Everyone Into Clones
Skip a thousand years of evolution overnight and you would wake up with a life expectancy of around 150 years. Nanobots monitoring your organs, engineered genes with...
