What If You Lived on Kepler 22-b?

635 light-years from where you are sitting, way out in outer space, lies a planet. The first planet to be discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Its...

What If Machines Took Over?

[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Reports suggest that by the year 2030, 800 million jobs will be lost to automation. Will yours be one of them? We...

What If You Fell Into Lake Vostok?

Have you ever wondered what it would be like to explore one of Jupiter’s moons without ever leaving Earth? Or what would happen to your body under a monstrous...

What If You Spent 5 Seconds on Mars?

Mars has long captured the imagination as humanity’s potential next home. The red planet looks inviting from a distance, but the reality is far from hospitable. Even a...

What If We Nuked a Hurricane?

Every year, about half a dozen hurricanes reach the United States. With effects ranging from heavy winds and some flooding to the complete decimation of communities...

What If We Flooded the Death Valley?

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...

What If Love Didn’t Exist?

Love can make us do some pretty crazy things. When we’re in love, our brains release a cocktail of neurochemicals that not only affect our moods and our well...