Imagine you’re out for a walk on a lovely day, with not a care in the world. The birds are singing, and the sun is shining. Actually, the sun seems brighter than usual...
On the waters of the Amazon, an ancient world flows below your feet. But make a wrong move, and part of this world may end up inside you. Better get out of the water...
Imagine traveling at the speed of an airplane, but on ground level, and in a giant tube. That’s the idea behind the Hyperloop, a network of incredibly fast...
Nature is full of surprises, but sometimes it gets a little help. Hybrid animals are created when two different species, usually closely related, produce offspring...
Researchers have found a fish with a strange feature that makes it look almost like it has a human smile. Hidden beneath the water’s surface, the sheepshead fish...
Our oceans are a place of constant contrast. Calm surface waters hide a world of darkness, pressure, and strange life forms that most humans will never see. While many...
There is a thick, jelly like substance packed throughout the body of one particular animal, and it may be the closest thing science has found to a fountain of youth...
A devastating wildfire near Los Gallardos in southern Spain has become one of the deadliest fires in the country’s history. At least 12 people lost their lives...
Turn off one pipeline in Europe and the effects don’t stop at cold houses. They run through fertilizer production, then through food supply, then through global...
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...
In January 2016, 22 year old American college student Otto Warmbier boarded a tour flight out of North Korea expecting to return home after a short New Year’s...
A growling sound wakes you in the middle of the night. Your eyes open, and in the dim light of your room you notice a dark silhouette standing nearby. Fear hits...
If time travel is possible, why haven’t we met a single time traveler yet? And if we did meet one, how would we know they weren’t faking it? What would their...
Have you ever dreamed of becoming an astronaut? Well now’s your chance. You’ve been selected as one of the first members of a new human settlement. But you’d...
Imagine looking at a pile of plastic waste and seeing something completely different. Instead of useless garbage sitting in landfills or polluting oceans, scientists...
You are probably familiar with the fictional Japanese monster Godzilla, a towering reptilian creature known for destroying cities and terrifying entire populations. But...
Monday. Tuesday. Wednesday. Wednesday. Wednesday. Again? Wednesday. I feel like we’ve done this before. Wednesday. Does anybody else notice this? Wednesday. How do...
Asteroids are rocky leftovers from the early formation of our planetary neighborhood. And of the over one million that we know of, most orbit the Sun in the asteroid...
Almost 75% of the world’s tornadoes occur in the United States, which means that about 1,300 tornadoes hit the U.S. every year. Most of these tornadoes occur between...
Picture an entirely ordinary evening at home, disrupted without warning by a glowing chunk of space rock tearing straight through your roof. Glass sprays across the...
