You and your family decide to take a camping trip in the great outdoors. You’re relaxing in your tent, when suddenly, you smell smoke. You assume the kids are...
Our Solar System has eight planets, a few dwarf planets and more than 200 moons. But wait. Are you seeing double? Or did every planet suddenly get a twin? Where would...
From space, it would look like Earth had a giant pimple. Smack dab in the middle of Brazil. Back on the ground, you’d be astonished by the enormity of Olympus Mons. The...
For more than four decades, scientists believed it was gone forever. No sightings. No evidence. No surviving populations. An entire species appeared to have vanished...
Cats may be known as cute and playful pets, but they are still predators with sharp claws, powerful jaws, and lightning fast reflexes. While most cats avoid serious...
An unusual visitor has entered our cosmic neighborhood. Scientists call these objects interstellar objects, or ISOs. Unlike asteroids and comets that formed around our...
Humans have a knack for changing the environment. Often, these projects have effects we didn’t plan for. Sometimes, it’s disastrous. And other times, it gives us energy...
Picture this, you’re having a nice, relaxing walk on a private beach without a care in the world. All of a sudden, your foot drops into a deep and mucky puddle...
Deep in the western Pacific Ocean lies one of the most extreme environments on Earth. The Mariana Trench is not a place designed for human exploration in any comfortable...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. Unlike in the movie, you don’t have to say it three times to make it...
Nearly 800 million light-years away, something has been forming. Scientists aren’t exactly sure what it is but have dubbed it ‘the black neutron star.’...
For years, people living near the forests of Nepal and northern India lived in fear of a predator that seemed to have developed a taste for human flesh. She became known...
Our planet has seen this before. Its ice has already melted. Water levels have risen. Ocean currents have already stopped. The last time this happened was 13,000 years...
The origin of “man’s best friend” isn’t entirely clear. Scientists agree that dogs evolved from wolves, but we don’t know exactly how or...
To meat, or not to meat: that is the hotly debated question. How would life on Earth change if we stopped eating all things animal?
When you think of threats from outer space, you might picture deadly solar flares, planet destroying asteroids, or even a hostile alien invasion. But scientists warn...
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...
For dinner tonight, you are being treated to the tasting menu of a lifetime. The periodic table of elements. Which elements would you be able to eat? Which ones would...
At first glance, a sloth hardly looks like an animal you should be afraid of. It moves slowly, spends most of its life hanging from tree branches, and often appears to...
The tallest man to ever walk the Earth was 2.72 m (8’9″) tall, and he quickly became an international sensation. So can you imagine what life would be like...
