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...
No country owns the Moon. Existing agreements treat outer space as shared ground, meant to be used peacefully by everyone. That sounds settled until you imagine what...
With the world’s population growing every year, we need to find ways to produce more food. So, if we could bring dinosaurs back from the dead, would you eat them...
She had come a long way for the view, and the view was worth it. So she unhooked the harness for a moment, just long enough to get the photograph without a cable in the...
Something incredibly strange is unfolding in our cosmic neighborhood, a powerful and unexplained gravitational force is pulling Jupiter, the largest planet in our Solar...
For decades, space tourism has existed only in science fiction. Hotels orbiting Earth, tourists waking up to views of the planet below, and vacations beyond the...
10. Upload The age-old question of “what happens after we die” is at the heart of Amazon’s “Upload,” a show about a man who dies and his consciousness is resurrected in...
Dogs have been called humanity’s best friend for centuries, and millions of people welcome them into their homes for companionship, loyalty, and their...
What would happen if our planet got too close to a black hole? According to science fiction, we’d be sucked into a parallel universe, or maybe even the future. But...
Some people alive today have implants that let them perceive sound. Others carry devices that let them sense changes in atmospheric pressure. Now push that forward a few...
Jetpack technology is getting better, and maybe someday, jetpacks will be available for your everyday commute. But what if, instead of just using a jetpack for a short...
Deep under Europa’s thick icy surface lies an ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined. But it’s pretty useless way out there. Let’s ship that water back to...
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...
Death Valley is the hottest place on Earth, with a record-setting air temperature of 57 degrees Celsius (134 degrees Fahrenheit). It’s a vast desert of oppressive...
On a cosmic report card, humanity does not even earn a passing grade. There is a scale scientists use to measure how advanced a civilization truly is, and it has nothing...
Did you know that a single snake bite can kill an adult elephant in just a few hours? And if you’re not careful, snake venomc can kill you in only 15 minutes. But...
On April 24, 2013, thousands of workers entered a building in Dhaka, Bangladesh, that many of them already feared was unsafe. Just one day earlier, employees had...
Five billion years from now, the Sun will be running out. Assuming anyone is still here to care, that becomes an urgent problem, because a star running low on fuel is a...
Everybody loves a good sleep, but we probably wouldn’t enjoy it as much if we had no control over when it happened. Imagine falling into a deep sleep during a...
At first glance, it looks like a prank. A black cow covered in white stripes could easily be mistaken for a zebra from a distance. But this unusual paint job isn’t...
