Sixty six million years ago, a colossal asteroid crashed into what is now the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico. It triggered the extinction of the dinosaurs and wiped out...
Imagine stepping aboard a spaceship capable of traveling faster than light. Instead of spending months reaching Mars or thousands of years crossing the stars, distant...
Millions of people packed into Tokyo’s subway system on the morning of March 20, 1995, exactly as they did every weekday. Trains ran on time. Office workers drank...
A new dinosaur-themed amusement park with real dinosaurs just opened. And you’re part of the first group of visitors. Suddenly a scream pierces your ears. You turn...
Pangolins are now critically endangered in Asia because of poachers and traffickers. But why is there so much demand for them? And why are they so important to their...
As the largest animal to roam the Earth, you’d think such an impressive presence would be almost invincible. How did this titan of a creature finally meet its...
They are massive, and extremely dense. They rip apart anything and everything that gets close to them. Their gravity is so strong that even light can’t escape. We...
The sky appears darker. The temperature is starting to drop. Our rivers are freezing, crops are covered in snow! People could go hungry. Is it just me, or is the Sun...
Would you ever venture into the ocean if you knew this creature could be lurking beneath you? It’s twice the size of a T. rex, its jaws are big enough to crush...
North Korea operates one of the most secretive prison systems in the world. Spread across the country are labor training centers, re education camps, and at the most...
What if humans had gills and could breathe underwater just like fish?
Although death is a biological process, the last moments of life may include experiences which are much more mysterious than the physical changes taking place in the...
When people imagine artificial intelligence taking over, they usually picture something straight out of a science fiction movie. Giant robots patrol the streets...
He was a naturalist, not a soldier, attached to British forces on an island off the coast of Burma. What he described hearing that night in 1945 turned into one of the...
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The Blue Flash Was the First Warning, and Within Days His Body Began Losing the Ability to Heal
The accident began with a flash of blue light. For Hisashi Ouchi, a 35 year old worker at a nuclear fuel processing facility in Tokaimura, Japan, that brief glow marked...
If gravity were suddenly gone forever we’d all realize pretty quickly how much we’re taking this universal force for granted.
Imagine looking up at the moon and seeing space dust floating around it. Maybe broken-off parts of the moon are raining down on Earth. You’d wonder what happened;...
Imagine a tornado spinning over an erupting supervolcano. The result would be catastrophic beyond comprehension. While such a collision is incredibly unlikely, exploring...
Imagine standing in your kitchen, unable to decide what to eat. Should you pour a cup of coffee or make a sandwich? In everyday life, you eventually choose one option...
A brand new continent has emerged in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. A process that would typically take millions of years happened overnight. How would this...
