Take a modern human and drop them into Australia around 100,000 years ago. No claws, no armor, no venom, no speed worth mentioning. Just soft skin and a decent brain...
NASA has accomplished some of humanity’s greatest achievements. It put astronauts on the Moon, explored every planet in our Solar System, launched revolutionary...
You’ve made it to Galaxy 3812, a hypothetical galaxy that houses a type III civilization. One of the first things you’ll notice are the Dyson spheres that...
In 2020, when Kim Jong-Un disappeared for three weeks, the world went into full speculation mode. Was he ill? Dead? On a secret mission to binge-watch K-dramas? South...
Pluto has long been one of the most controversial objects in our Solar System. For decades it proudly held the title of the ninth planet, only to be reclassified in 2006...
Hidden in the deserts of southeastern Washington lies a place that many experts have described as America’s own Chernobyl waiting to happen. It is called the...
Your body is shaking and you’re feeling nauseous. There’s a sharp pain in your chest, and with each passing moment, it gets harder and harder to breathe. And...
While on your usual walk you come across a dog coming towards you. The dog is scowling and its body is becoming taut. When it shows its teeth and flattens its ears, you...
Let's say, the Earth's magnetic field took a break and allowed strong solar winds to strip away our protective space-blanket. Would Earth instantly turn into a big...
In the Pacific Ocean, north of the equator, there’s a growing, “floating island” of trash that’s twice the size of Texas, and three times the...
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...
A lot of horror movies start like this. An empty road and someone like you standing alone with their thumb up. After hours of waiting, a stranger pulls up at the side of...
Dwight Turner thought he was paying for an unforgettable animal experience. Instead, he nearly lost his life. In August 2020, Turner paid for what was advertised as a...
As you’re waiting in line to deposit your paycheck, you see a group of people entering the bank, demanding money and threatening to kill everybody if they...
In 7.5 billion years, the Sun will expand and engulf our planet, destroying all life as we know it. Of course, a mass extinction on Earth could happen much sooner than...
The revolt has happened. Not through brute force either, which is the unsettling part. Primates found a way to outthink us. It’s their planet now. So the real...
Burj Khalifa, the tallest building in the world. This masterpiece in Dubai is twice the height of the U.S.’s Empire State Building. And it’s almost three...
The morning of her 22nd birthday, all Jacqueline Durand expected to do was drop in at a friend’s home to take care of two dogs. But that was to change, as she...
When people think of medieval monks, they often imagine silent figures living in isolated monasteries, spending their days praying and studying religious texts. But...
Since 1988, 71% of all the world’s carbon emissions have been produced by just 100 companies. Their operations are largely to blame for the climate crisis we now...
