Number 1: Vladimir Putin. The Russian President has been one of the leading dangerous figures globally for some time now. Putin has shown he’s not afraid to go...
If you have arachnophobia, you might want to look away. What you are about to hear sounds like something pulled straight from a nightmare. Deep in the rainforests of...
Think about how much has shifted in the last few decades. Landlines gave way to smartphones. Artificial intelligence went from a research curiosity to something that...
In 2015, NASA’s Kepler Space Telescope identified one of the most Earth like planets ever discovered, Kepler 452b. It orbits a Sun like star and sits in what scientists...
Deep beneath the mountains near the Black Sea lies Veryovkina Cave, the deepest known cave on Earth. The cave is filled with narrow tunnels, underground rivers, freezing...
Making sense of the universe often has less to do with picturing it accurately and more to do with accepting how badly our everyday intuition fails once distances get...
Mohamedou Ould Slahi had never thought that going to the police would result in him spending years in one of the world’s most notorious prisons. When he was in...
In the western Pacific, the Mariana Trench isn’t the most popular travel spot. It’s frigid and bone-crushingly deep, not something you pick for your vacation...
If you find yourself going into a freefall inside a metal tube hurtling through the clouds at hundreds of kilometers per hour, and an oxygen mask drops down right in...
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...
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The ISS Retires in 2030, and Private Companies Are Already Building What Replaces It
The International Space Station is dying, and there is a date on it. Air leaks. System failures. Two decades of continuous operation finally catching up with a machine...
Imagine waking up tomorrow morning and reaching for your phone. You tap your favorite social media app, but nothing loads. You try opening your email, searching on...
Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that’s...
Ants are among the most familiar creatures on Earth, yet scientists continue to uncover abilities that seem almost unbelievable. One recent observation left researchers...
Few names have defined an era of politics quite like Vladimir Putin’s has defined modern Russia. A former officer in the KGB, he has spent more than twenty years...
You’re reaching out to pet a horse when it tries to chomp on your arm. Startled, you step back and the horse rears up. If it comes down on you, you could be...
Imagine being able to travel to any point in time. Where would you go, and what would you do? You could witness some of the greatest moments in history or even change...
Keeping clean matters, and that includes giving your feet regular attention with soap and water. Now picture the opposite. Starting today, no soap ever touches your feet...
Your great aunt left you the house of your dreams, or so you thought. Now, as you listen to the sounds of scratching on the walls, you realize this is the house of your...
Look around you for a moment. Your phone, your house, the air you breathe, and even your own body are made of materials that did not exist at the beginning of the...
