Betelgeuse is one of the closest stars to Earth, at a distance of only 650 light-years away. This makes Betelgeuse a fan-favorite with professional and amateur...
Eight planets, hundreds of moons, hundreds of thousands of asteroids, and billions of comets orbiting our Sun make up our Solar System. And not once has a single black...
The world you know no longer exists. Your family, friends, and neighbors are gone. Outside, horrific zombie-like creatures roam the streets. And if you breathe in their...
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...
Our lungs might be fine in that short a time frame, but the rest of the planet? Not so much.
What if you found out that you had a long-lost relative? And what if that long-lost relative was from a different planet in our galaxy? And what if this faraway planet...
Have you ever wondered how much information your brain can actually hold? According to Professor Paul Reber from Northwestern University, the human brain has an...
If the Earth had an edge, I hope it would look like this. The edge of a flat Earth. I know, I know, we’ve talked about it before. But there’s something...
Black Dolphin is the unofficial name for Penal Colony No. 6, or IK 6, in Sol Iletsk, Orenburg Oblast. Its roots go back to the 18th century, when an ostrog, or stockade...
Your phone’s home security app just alerted you of trouble. You rush to check the surveillance footage hoping to catch the thieves. Instead, you see a pack of...
On your marks. Get set. Bear crawl. The movement of the future is here. And it looks a lot like the movement of the distant past. What benefits would you get from moving...
Before anyone even thinks about jumping in, it helps to understand what Lake Natron actually is. Located in northern Tanzania, this lake has no normal outlet to rivers...
In January 2016, 22 year old American college student Otto Warmbier boarded a tour flight out of North Korea expecting to return home after a short New Year’s...
A growling sound wakes you in the middle of the night. Your eyes open, and in the dim light of your room you notice a dark silhouette standing nearby. Fear hits...
Welcome to the world of power and influence. Today, we look at the eight most dangerous world leaders. Which one has the strongest military? Who’s got the most...
Would this be good or bad news?
Imagine that when slavery finally ended in the United States, formerly enslaved Black Americans were offered something more than freedom. They were given the opportunity...
Uh-oh. Looks like somebody left the gas running on Jupiter. Don’t do anything stupid, like lighting a humongous match. What would a match need to be made of to ignite...
What if the Moon suddenly began getting closer to Earth? To the point where it was on a collision course with our planet? Would the Earth survive the crash?
Your hike has taken longer than expected, and now the forest is almost completely dark. Ahead, two round eyes suddenly appear between the trees. You stop, trying to...
