Swipe Down for Full Video Story Imagine a tiny needle traveling toward Earth at the speed of light. At first glance, it might seem harmless, since it is so small...
Sulfur hexafluoride, now that’s a mouthful. It sure is! It’s more commonly known as SF6 or deep voice gas because, well, it makes your voice deeper! But...
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We Could Capture a Visitor From Another Star, and It Might Reveal Secrets of an Alien World
Once in a while something drifts into our Solar System that has no business being here. It didn’t form around our Sun. It wasn’t born from the same cloud of...
Every rocket we launch brings us one step closer to being locked on this planet permanently. That sounds backwards. Sending things into space should open it up, not...
If you could, would you live on the Moon? Not as one of the courageous early settlers, but as a citizen of a fully-functioning Moon city. What would they be built out of...
Are you ready for the sun to die?
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A Modern Mosasaurus Could Hit 30 mph in a Second and Swallow You Whole, and Sharks Would Look Tame
Zero to 48 km/h in a single second. Not over a hundred meters, not with a running start. One second, from a standstill, in water. That is the ambush strike of a...
In 1918, the world was at war. While soldiers fought each other on the frontlines, an even greater threat emerged, the Spanish flu. Between 50 to 100 million people died...
He was eleven years old, standing in a public square with other children from his neighborhood. In front of them, a man was tied to a post while a firing squad raised...
How do you distinguish between past, present, and future? Is there really an order to time? Does it only move forward? Does it move in any direction at all? Stop...
Look out. A burning hot space rock just fell straight into your living room, destroying all the things you care about most. Goodbye, sweet television. How did this...
The time for talk is over. Now the biggest countries on Earth are fighting for global supremacy. What would happen if the United States started World War III? Who would...
Carved by glaciers thousands of years ago, the cliffs of California’s legendary Yosemite National Park constantly change shape. Due to tectonic forces and seasonal...
Dogs are often called humanity’s best friend, but even the friendliest animals can become dangerous in certain situations. Every year, millions of people are...
Dinosaurs often steal the spotlight when it comes to terrifying prehistoric creatures, but they were far from the only fearsome beasts to roam the Earth. From enormous...
Titan is one of the most fascinating moons in the entire Solar System. It orbits Saturn like a frozen jewel, wrapped in a thick orange atmosphere and covered in lakes...
In March 2011, Japan was shaken by one of the most powerful earthquakes ever recorded. A magnitude 9.0 quake ripped through the east coast, triggering a massive tsunami...
Your vacation in Hawaii has taken a dangerous turn. The Earth shakes. You think it might be an earthquake, but then you see the smoke, and the lava. You always wanted to...
They say doomsday is near. But you have been safe in your bunker for months, far away from the chaos outside. At first, isolation felt like protection. Now your body...
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...
