You’ve seen it in the movies and read about it in books, but now the idea of creating artificial life in a laboratory is becoming a reality. In 2010, a team of...
Imagine the Sun releasing a burst of energy so powerful it could knock out power grids, stop airplanes mid flight, and push our world back into the dark ages. This is...
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...
Their bodies may be human-sized, but make no mistake, kangaroos are six to seven times stronger than we are. A single kick can deliver a force of over 320 kg (700 lb)...
Instead of falling apart after a single crash, now we all have cars that are completely indestructible. Would there be fewer fatalities caused by car accidents? What...
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...
You wake up in complete darkness. The space around you is cramped, the air feels stale, and every bump reminds you that you’re moving. The last thing you remember...
They wallow in filth and are the primary cause of childhood asthma. They aren’t going away anytime soon, they have been pests for about four million years, and...
Reptiles have ruled the planet for hundreds of millions of years, and some of them still inspire the same fear they did in prehistoric times. From giant constrictor...
1.3 billion years ago, two orbiting massive black holes, circling each other at 250 times a second, collided in a violent, universe-rippling explosion that sent waves of...
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You are the result of a chain of events that began billions of years ago. Earth has liquid water, a protective atmosphere, a magnetic field, a stable orbit, and the...
One of the ocean’s most mysterious predators has finally been captured on camera in its natural deep sea environment. The goblin shark, scientifically known as...
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...
Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. But also the longest, deepest canyon on the...
Movies love quicksand. And why not? It’s exotic, it’s dramatic, and it’s highly exaggerated. Fun fact: it’s impossible to become fully submerged...
From the gradual heating of our Sun to the slow death of the cosmos, the future of Earth and the Universe is a story of breathtaking transformations, cosmic collisions...
The Bermuda Triangle has long been one of the most famous “mystery zones” on Earth. Over the years, it has been linked to disappearing ships, strange weather patterns...
Hundreds of meters underground. Large enough to house tens to hundreds of thousands of people. And walls strong enough to withstand the force of a nuclear blast. These...
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...
