Our Moon may seem ordinary, but it quietly keeps Earth stable. It controls the tides, slows our planet’s rotation, and helps maintain the rhythm of life. But what...
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By 2126 You Could Upgrade Your Own Organs, by 3026 You Might Not Be Human at All
Your grandchildren might replace their own hearts the way you replace a phone battery. That is not the strange part. The strange part is what comes after, because if you...
Scientists may have just taken one of the biggest steps yet in the search for life beyond Earth. Meet K2 18 b, a distant exoplanet located about 124 light years away...
For centuries, explorers dreamed of finding a sea route connecting the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans through the Arctic. Hidden among the islands of northern Canada, the...
You may want to stay on the boat. This part of the ocean doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to this beast, the Atlantic goliath grouper. And if you wander too close...
There is a place in our Solar System where stepping outside without a suit kills you twice in the same instant. Your blood starts boiling while your skin starts freezing...
Imagine if one day you looked up into the night sky, and saw Mars or Saturn where the Moon was supposed to be. That would sure turn our Earth into an alien world. And...
How big is the Sun compared to the Earth? Imagine you were able to shrink the Sun to the size of a basketball. At that point, the Earth would be reduced to the...
If only there were a simple trick to stop a massive volcano from spewing out lava. Like maybe plugging it up with good old concrete. A massive volcanic explosion sends...
What if we took everything that sustains life on this planet, and shrunk it down to one small bubble? Earth’s biosphere stretches about 20 km (12 mi). From the...
Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...
Imagine walking into a classroom where there is no teacher standing at the front of the room. Instead, every student is guided by an artificial intelligence system that...
A massive earthquake knocks you off your feet. There’s a blinding flash of white, and then you see a tsunami of lava rising on the horizon. A nuclear reaction has...
When Amanda Bostic rode a Daytona Beach roller coaster in 2018, everything seemed to be going smoothly. Her seatbelt clicked into place, and a park operator checked it...
You’re curled up at home, safe and dry, while it pours outside. It’s been an unusually rainy season and, unfortunately, the local dam wasn’t designed very well. In fact...
This is carbon. And of all chemical elements in the Universe, it’s one of the most plentiful. So what would happen if all of it suddenly disappeared for five...
There were four major suspects in the Zodiac Killer’s case, but none of them were ever charged with committing the crimes. For years, the killer’s identity...
For 33 years, the people living on Komodo Island had managed to coexist with one of the most dangerous predators on Earth without suffering a fatal attack. The giant...
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...
The war in Ukraine has altered the lives of millions. And has sent prices for goods like oil and natural gas skyrocketing around the world. But the worst may be yet to...
