Deep in the western Pacific Ocean lies one of the most extreme environments on Earth. The Mariana Trench is not a place designed for human exploration in any comfortable...
Did you know that some of the hottest countries in the world have outdoor ventilation? Qatar gets temperatures as hot as 50 °C (122 °F). But luckily for them...
Rise. and. shine! Get up and seize the day! You can do anything under the sun…when the sun powers everything. Your phone, your home, and all that’s in...
For more than half a century, rockets have been humanity’s ticket to space. They carried astronauts to the Moon, launched probes to the outer planets, and continue...
What if your reality was nothing more than a complex computer simulation? And if you were just a program on someone else’s hard drive, how would you know? Who...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] The Earth sits comfortably in its orbit tilted on its axis at 23 degrees. Knock the planet over – and it...
It’s the terrorizing stuff of an anxiety-riddled movie plot. A house break-in can be very traumatic, and leave you feeling vulnerable. It can even threaten your...
Car crashes are a common occurrence. Over 1.35 million people worldwide die in car accidents every year, and crashes are the 8th leading cause of death around the world...
Even if Titan were much closer to Earth, creating a permanent settlement there would still be one of humanity’s greatest engineering challenges. But among all the...
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...
Eye Makeup The people of Ancient Egypt were already using eye makeup as early as 4000 B.C., making them one of the first civilizations to develop cosmetics. Both men and...
With no shock to anyone, Donald Trump is pushing his way onto the list of the authoritarian leaders of the 21st century. Does he want to become a dictator? The United...
Some places in the Solar System have some pretty expensive rain falling on their surface. Let’s see if we could bring those home. What would it take for Earth to...
Imagine this a black hole, one of the universe’s most extreme objects, is hurtling straight toward Earth. Rather than waiting to be swallowed, humanity decides to fight...
Every time you drop your body down a waterslide, all you’re thinking about is having fun. You’re not thinking about how you’re putting your life in the...
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A Gamma Ray Burst Collided With a Black Hole, and the Universe Would Get Very Strange
Picture taking the single most energetic explosion the universe produces and hurling it directly at one of the most powerful gravitational objects ever discovered. On...
In 1998, a gentleman by the name of John Titor arrived from the future, or so he said. In his timeline, as he claimed, General Electric had managed to invent time travel...
THE SUN IS A GIANT BALL OF FIRE No. Our Sun isn’t a raging bonfire in the center of the Solar System. It’s actually a nuclear reactor. Inside stars, hydrogen...
Imagine walking down a busy city street and passing someone who looks almost human but not quite. They are shorter, broader, with a larger brow ridge and a more powerful...
Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Discover how losing thousands of satellites could instantly shut down GPS, internet, banking systems, and...
