Imagine pulling into a drive through and seeing Woolly Rhino burgers on the menu. It might sound strange today, but thousands of years ago, our ancestors depended on...
Imagine boarding a one hour flight with your mother on Christmas Eve. You’re 17 years old. The holidays are here. In just a little while, you’ll be...
New geological models and updated hazard assessments from the U.S. Geological Survey and leading universities are once again raising concern across the American West...
Human history has been full of battles and wars, some big and some small. But if World War 3 were to happen, it might be humanity’s biggest battle yet. Advanced...
So, is our world just an illusion? Why do some physicists believe that physical matter isn’t real? What scientific experiments have changed our view of reality...
Are you tired of cramped city-living? Then anti-gravity might be for you! Do you want to soar effortlessly over traffic jams, while the drivers below you lose their...
Elon Musk says he wants to send one million people to Mars by the year 2050. The SpaceX CEO has become famous for making huge promises about colonizing the red planet...
In 1850, 94% of the world’s population lived in extreme poverty. Today, we’ve managed to bring that number down to roughly 10%. And if this trend continues...
Imagine if Earth suddenly lost an entire continent. North America wouldn’t just vanish off the face of the planet, of course. Instead, it would sink into the...
You’re in the deepest part of our oceans. The Mariana Trench. Suddenly, your sub experiences an earthquake. And when you look outside, you see the terrifying...
Why are these crocodiles spending so much time on dry land? Is it because their watery homes are too polluted? Or is it because they’re scared of a bigger predator...
Oxygen makes up only about 21 percent of the air we breathe, but it plays a much bigger role in holding life together and keeping our world intact. Imagine if, just for...
An asteroid races towards Earth. In 6 months, the world as we know it will be obliterated. What do you do? Is there time to evacuate? What would it take? And where would...
Imagine a world where we didn’t need any lights, where we could detect diseases just by looking at someone, and literally see right through people’s...
Deep beneath the mountains near the Black Sea lies Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth. The cave is filled with narrow tunnels, underground rivers, freezing...
Nuclear weapons are the most powerful and frightening tools ever created by humanity. With over twelve thousand warheads spread across the globe, these devices hold...
Mountains. They’re born, they grow, they age and erode. And after a very, very long life, they turn to dust. What if all mountains collapsed at once? What are the...
How many sea animals would face extinction? Could the corals rebuild themselves from scratch? How would this massive die-off affect humanity? Corals are not rocks. They...
In 7.5 billion years, the Sun will expand and engulf our planet, destroying all life as we know it. Of course, a mass extinction on Earth could happen much sooner than...
The Universe is packed with worlds where sunsets don’t just fade into night, they bend the rules of physics. From double sunsets to glowing ice and strobing pulsars...
