When scientists search for alien life, they usually look for planets that resemble Earth. The reasoning is simple. Every known living thing depends on liquid water...
Movies love quicksand. And why not? It’s exotic, it’s dramatic, and it’s highly exaggerated. Fun fact: it’s impossible to become fully submerged...
Imagine drifting through space in a place so empty that you wouldn’t see a single star, planet, or galaxy in any direction. This is the Boötes Void, one of the largest...
I’m not talking about a gourmet dinner. There’s no wining and dining here. Instead, you’re seeing a wake of vultures tucking into what might be their...
What would happen if all the volcanoes on Earth erupted at once?
These feisty marsupials are making an unexpected comeback in one of the most remarkable wildlife developments in recent history. But why are they called Tasmanian devils...
If gravity were suddenly gone forever we’d all realize pretty quickly how much we’re taking this universal force for granted.
Are you one of those people who hate these little crawling things? Or maybe these ones with stingers creep you out more?
The universe is vast, ancient, and mostly silent. For decades, scientists have pointed their telescopes toward distant stars, searching for signs of intelligent life. We...
Imagine a normal night at home suddenly interrupted by a blazing space rock crashing straight through your roof. Glass shatters, furniture is destroyed, and in seconds...
Black Dolphin is famous for its extreme security, but the prison is only one part of a much larger system. Behind Russia’s prison walls, a long history of harsh...
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...
Earth Day is often a reminder of how fragile our planet really is. Every system on Earth is connected in ways that are easy to overlook, from atmospheric circulation to...
A French backpacker who was sunbathing was bitten, a 10-year-old boy was attacked and dragged into the water beside his campsite, and an 8-year-old was nipped and...
Located in central Turkmenistan, a massive sinkhole formed when an alleged Soviet oil drilling project hit a gas cavern in 1971. To stop the poisonous methane gas (CH4)...
An unexpected guest has made its way into our Solar System. It’s an interstellar object, an ISO. And it’s tumbling through space in a way that can’t be explained by...
You have probably heard of pigeons delivering messages and horses carrying soldiers through battlefields in wartime history. But a bear serving in the army sounds almost...
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...
Imagine a world of endless possibilities. A world where every decision you make splits reality in half. And then the next decision splits it into another half. And then...
Ever wonder what it would feel like to step into an oven? Welcome to Death Valley, California. It’s so hot you can barely breathe. This national park that stretches...
