Hot air balloons have fascinated people for centuries. The first successful manned hot air balloon flight took place in France in 1783, when the Montgolfier brothers...
At first glance, it sounds like something straight out of a bizarre science fiction movie. Tiny vehicles moving across a room, guided by unexpected drivers. But behind...
The Big Rip, the ultimate fate of our Universe. It will be a cosmic event that will tear apart galaxies, one by one. Stars, planets, you, everything will be eviscerated...
You are enjoying a calm Sunday morning drive when everything changes in an instant. Tires screech. Your heart races. Another vehicle is coming straight toward you, and...
Just one second after a stranger approached her on a London street, Katie Piper’s life changed forever. The 25 year old model and television presenter had been...
Black holes are one of the most devastating objects in space, sucking up everything around them. But there’s another space phenomenon that’s just as...
People have always believed all kinds of very strange things about the world. In the absence of modern science and medicine, ideas which now seem entirely bizarre could...
Most people assume that by now, scientists have discovered nearly every animal living on Earth. After all, satellites can map the planet in incredible detail, and...
There’s a giant, peanut-shaped object orbiting the Sun, and it’s name is Halley’s comet. Like all comets, it’s a cosmic mashup of frozen ice, gases, and dust...
Deep in space, astronomers have detected unusual radio signals that immediately sparked excitement and controversy in the scientific community. At first glance, these...
Every year, hundreds of millions of people rely on buses to get where they need to go. In the United States alone, more than 700 million passengers travel by bus...
There is a thick, jelly like substance packed throughout the body of one particular animal, and it may be the closest thing science has found to a fountain of youth...
The sound of trickling water might seem harmless, even peaceful. But in the polar regions, this sound is a sinister warning of an event that could swallow up the arctic...
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22,000 Pounds of Rock Falling Every Second, That Is What Living Under Martian Rings Means
Picture standing on Mars and looking up at a ring stretching across the sky. Beautiful, until you understand what those rings eventually do. Every piece of that debris...
You’ve finally made it! The trip of a lifetime. Wild nature, lush scenery, and exotic animals galore. It’s all good, as long as things go as expected. But in...
For decades Rikers Island has been the subject of controversy because of overcrowding, violence, frequent staff shortages, abuse, medical neglect and deaths, all of...
Ghost stories have fascinated people for thousands of years. Strange figures in dark hallways, mysterious footsteps, and the unsettling feeling that someone is standing...
Imagine being able to sunbathe all day long. But instead of getting a nice tan to show off… You turn green! And get lazier. Don’t worry. It’s not the...
Whether it’s Apple, Microsoft, or Yahoo, only one tech giant has reigned supreme when it comes to our search engines. Google. It’s so dominant around the...
Most people have heard of shooting stars, but those aren’t actually stars. They are tiny pieces of rock burning through Earth’s atmosphere. A real star...
