Dan Wherley never thought of beavers as dangerous. Slow, harmless, busy building dams somewhere out of the way. That opinion changed in about two seconds, when one leapt...
These balls represent one of the strangest phenomena currently taking place in our Universe. Each ball symbolizes one of 100,000 galaxies — including our own...
What if you actually did see dead people? Not in a Sixth Sense kind of way, but in an ‘inexplicable mass resurrection’ kind of way? Not in a Walking Dead...
It’s the oldest question on Earth. Where did we come from? Some people may thank a creator from above, but what if the hand that created humanity wasn’t...
Imagine drifting toward Saturn with nothing but a viewport between you and open space. At first, the planet seems almost peaceful, a soft golden globe wrapped in thin...
Our Universe was born billions of years ago. And since that time, it’s given birth to millions of galaxies, our Solar System, and who knows what else. Our Universe...
Most people think bears are the biggest danger in the wild. In places like Alaska, that assumption is wrong. Moose actually attack humans more often than any other large...
What if every microbe on the planet suddenly disappeared? No more germs. No five-second rule. Just pick that cookie up off the floor and eat it! But surely it...
What if reaching 150 years old was no longer science fiction? Imagine a world where aging slowed dramatically, cancer became far less common, and your body could repair...
Scroll to the bottom to watch our video. We love our convenience — single-use plastic utensils, paper plates, disposable cups, plastic wrap, wrapping paper for...
Neanderthal DNA is 99.7% identical to our own, and researchers claim that some humans might be carrying as much as 2% of the Neanderthal genome. Making things even...
Our galaxy is full of strange worlds, but what would happen if we could bring some of them into our own Solar System? Moving exoplanets closer helps us imagine how...
At any moment of any day, the odds are that someone around the world is having an orgasm. We don’t really like to talk about them, but they’re an integral...
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A Jellyfish Sting Fires Thousands of Tiny Harpoons Into Your Skin in Less Than a Second
What if one of the most painful experiences in the ocean was hiding a biological secret that scientists are only now beginning to fully understand? A new wave of...
There could be dozens of them in your local creek. Snapping turtles are the largest freshwater turtles in North America. And although they might seem slow and sluggish...
Life on Earth began in one of the most mysterious processes in science, occurring roughly 4.5 billion years ago when the planet was still forming and extremely hostile...
There are over one million volcanoes on our ocean floor. And all of them suddenly started spewing out red-hot molten rock. The ocean is filling with lava. And nothing...
If only there were a simple trick to stop a massive volcano from spewing out lava. Like maybe plugging it up with good old concrete. A massive volcanic explosion sends...
The pace of modern life feels overwhelming. With artificial intelligence advancing by the day and environmental shifts altering our landscapes, we often wonder what life...
No more vast, barren deserts. Because we are going to turn them all into lush, green farmlands. How would we go about bringing new life to hot deserts? How much would...
