One billion years into the future, you might imagine a world full of artificial intelligence, interstellar travel, and space colonies. Maybe we’ll see the end of...
A gas cloud located 500 light years away from our solar system is about to become a planet. This process usually takes a few hundred million years, but what if we made...
Could World War III really happen before 2030? Old rivalries and power moves are pushing nations to the edge. Let’s break down five conflicts that could ignite the next...
627 million km (390 million mi) from Earth, underneath the cold seas of Europa, a horrifying, and vastly intelligent creature lurks. Can our human minds even comprehend...
On the morning of September 11th, 2001, tragedy struck when two hijacked airplanes crashed into the World Trade Center towers in New York City. After that, everything...
Within the vastness of the Universe, humanity is not that big of a deal. We’re not here because we’re meant to be here, we’re just… here. If...
Starbucks could save the Amazon rainforest. Okay, maybe not completely, but it could help the Amazon rainforest regrow. And all Starbucks would need to do is dump some...
Forty light years from Earth, there is a world that looks a lot like Venus. But unlike the most sweltering, hellish planet in the Solar System, this not so distant...
This is carbon. And of all chemical elements in the Universe, it’s one of the most plentiful. So what would happen if all of it suddenly disappeared for five...
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...
Do you ever feel like you’re being watched? Not by a creepy stalker, but by aliens. Yup, it might be happening. Just like we watch animals at the zoo, aliens may...
This star is about to transform into a black hole. And we’re about to travel inside it to see what’s on the other side. The only problem is that we’ll...
You just fell into a pool with this thing. What is this? How would falling in here affect your health? And could you actually survive this? This is a spent nuclear fuel...
Some say, “youth is wasted on the young.” So what if it wasn’t? What if you didn’t have to dread aging? Your eyesight failing? Your joints aching...
When was the last time a bird pooped on you? Apparently, you have a better chance of winning the lottery than you do of getting pooped on by a bird, which is why some...
Eight legs, eight eyes, sharp fangs, and bullet-proof webs. They’re hairy, they’re scary, and now, they’re human-sized. As many as 427 million people...
Humans have explored the Moon, Mars, and of course, Earth. But what do we know about Jupiter? For the most part, this gas giant is a mystery. So what would happen if you...
To infinity, and beyond.
How do you distinguish between past, present, and future? Is there really an order to time? Does it only move forward? Does it move in any direction at all? Stop...
Sixty five million years ago, a massive asteroid crashed into Earth and ended the age of the dinosaurs. But what if that never happened? What if dinosaurs had continued...
