If you ever find yourself falling into a volcano, there are a couple of things you should know. First off, when you reach the bottom, the magma’s not going to...
Before we take the plunge, we could better take a look at what Lake Natron is made of. Much like the Dead Sea, this lake in Tanzania doesn’t run off into any...
Tyrannosaurus Rex. King of the tyrant lizards. It’s 6 meters tall (20 feet), 12 meters (40 feet) long, and it weighs upward of seven tons. You can hide from it...
Scroll to the bottom to watch our video. The Earth has been hurtling towards Jupiter for the past 242 days, and now it’s about to make impact. Now we’re so...
Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse, Betelgeuse. Saying its name three times won’t have the same effect as a certain bio-exorcist, but it’s still a sight to behold. At about 950...
The Paleozoic era began 530 million years ago when the Earth woke up from an ice age. This era lasted for 289 million years, but you might not even last five minutes in...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] All of the systems, beliefs, emotions, and experiences that we call life are taking place on a tiny rock floating...
When you look back through the evolutionary history of life on Earth, it’s important to remember it’s always been a game of survival. And only the fittest...
Are we alone in the Universe? With more than 100 billion galaxies in the observable universe and at least 500 billion planets in the Milky Way alone, don’t you...
Imagine traveling at the speed of an airplane, but on ground level, and in a giant tube. That’s the idea behind the Hyperloop, a network of incredibly fast...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
How far into the periodic table could you get? Would you be breaking any laws? At what point would your periodic table start killing you? If you’re willing to...
Neptune is big, it’s blue, and it is a planet that can tear you apart if you happen to drop into one of its massive, Earth-sized storms. While it might look calm and...
Children of the night, what music they make. That’s right, we’re talking about the nocturnal flying mammals, bats. Besides being a source of Halloween inspiration, 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...
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...
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...
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...
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Sandworms are gross-looking little things. Maybe a little bit cute. I almost feel bad using them as bait. What if instead of us hunting them, they were able to hunt us...
