Every time you watch a thunderstorm outside your window, you’re witnessing the energy of an atomic bomb. Now imagine harvesting that raw energy and using it to...
On April 15, 1989, Hillsborough Stadium in Sheffield, England, was filled with anticipation. Around 54,000 fans gathered for the FA Cup semi final between Liverpool and...
Where do they come from? How do we get rid of them? And how much drama is a poltergeist going to cause me? OK, so exactly what is a poltergeist? Well, a poltergeist is a...
Imagine a scenario where the Moon, our constant companion in the night sky, begins a deadly trajectory toward Earth. The consequences would be catastrophic, reshaping...
You’ve seen politics and national borders change all the time, but have you ever witnessed a continent literally breaking apart? Well, it’s possible...
For more than two decades, Vladimir Putin has been the central figure of modern Russian politics. A former KGB officer, he has carefully shaped an image of strength...
What would it actually be like if every particle in your body converted into a dark matter particle? And how long could you last in that state? Everything that we can...
Few animals in freshwater ecosystems have a reputation as intense as piranhas. Popular culture often shows them as aggressive predators capable of stripping flesh in...
Could humans suddenly growing to the size of dinosaurs be as catastrophic as the asteroid that wiped out the prehistoric giants? Would it even be a world ending event...
At first glance, it looks like a pan full of perfectly popped popcorn. But what you’re actually seeing is something far more extraordinary. These incredible images...
Deep within the grasslands and dry regions of southern Africa lives a tiny predator that has earned a fearsome reputation among wildlife experts. At first glance, the...
Swipe Down for Video Story 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...
The year is 2040. You hunker down with your fellow human survivors, listening for the sound of your enemy. The cyber-bugs have taken over. How did this happen? What...
Venus is the second planet from the Sun and our nearest neighbor. At its closest approach, Venus is mere 40 million km (25 million mi) away from us. After just four...
More than a century after its tragic sinking, the RMS Titanic still rests deep beneath the icy waters of the North Atlantic Ocean. But according to scientists, the...
Proxima b is very promising. It orbits a red dwarf star called Proxima Centauri in a system with three stars in it. Proxima Centauri is small. It only has between 7.5%...
In 2015, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope identified one of the most Earth like planets ever discovered, Kepler 452b. It orbits a Sun like star and sits in what scientists...
Get ready for the most epic party of your life. Because someone replaced our Moon with a disco ball. How could you turn the Moon into a classic disco ball? How much more...
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...
If you ever find yourself falling into a volcano, there are a couple of things you should know. First off, when you reach the bottom, the magma’s not going to...
