This beautiful, majestic creature could kill you in a matter of minutes. But you didn’t know that, so you decided to touch it. Now, that excruciating pain you feel...
A team of Russian scientists is working hard to resurrect this quintessential Ice Age behemoth. But what if they never disappeared in the first place, and still roamed...
For billions of years, Mars has remained one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors, quietly orbiting the Sun hundreds of millions of kilometers away. But imagine...
For whatever reason, you are the last human on Earth. So what do you do? Eat like a king? Move into Buckingham Palace? Drive fast? Blow things up? Be naked all the time...
He knew they were coming for him. For years he slept in different cities, traveled under a false name, and never stayed anywhere long enough to become predictable. The...
Is intelligent alien life really out there? With powerful telescopes identifying more potentially habitable planets each year, the possibility continues to grow. But...
This star is about to transform into a black hole. And we’re about to travel inside it to see what’s on the other side. The only problem is that we’ll...
Look out. A burning hot space rock just fell straight into your living room, destroying all the things you care about most. Goodbye, sweet television. How did this...
Enjoy it while you can. Because if we don’t act right now, in less than 80 years, we won’t be able to appreciate it anymore. Your great-grandchild will only...
A crocodile may swim by unassumingly but make no mistake, they are on the hunt for their next prey. Crocodiles have heightened smell, sight and hearing, and can hold...
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On January 13, 2012, thousands of passengers boarded the Costa Concordia expecting a relaxing Mediterranean vacation. The enormous cruise ship carried restaurants...
A cruise vacation can make the ocean feel almost harmless. You spend your day surrounded by restaurants, pools, entertainment, and hundreds of other passengers, while...
Your planet has a heartbeat. You have never heard it, but you have depended on it every second of your life. It pulses thousands of kilometers beneath your feet: a...
For billions of years, the Sun’s gravitational has kept Earth’s orbit on a steady and reliable path. But this rogue star has other plans for our planet. This...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] If you were exposed to the harsh depths of space, you’d lose consciousness in 15 seconds, and be dead within 30...
On your marks. Get set. Bear crawl. The movement of the future is here. And it looks a lot like the movement of the distant past. What benefits would you get from moving...
Being locked up is already difficult. But then you are moved even further away from everyone else, into a prison within a prison. A cold, small room becomes your entire...
Cities have been named after it, economies have been built on it, wars have been fought over it, your life depends on it. Salt may be the most important, and the most...
What if you walked into your favorite fast food place, and instead of chicken and beef burgers, they only had Woolly Rhinoceros on the menu? Well, it might not sound...
