What if human history ended today?
The moon has been our friendly neighbour in the sky for billions of years. It has guided us home, kept us on time, protected us, propelled us into space and has even...
It begins with a simple phone call. Someone reports a hostage situation, an active shooter, or a bomb threat at a specific address. Within minutes, police officers and...
The warning has already been published. It sits in a scientific journal, written in careful academic language, and it says something no headline wants to print:...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Take a look at the two most popular energy sources around the world. Oil. Coal. Dirty. Scary. By some estimates...
As the nukes dropped on every major city around the globe, everyone sought shelter, but there was nowhere to hide. In an instant, civilization as we knew it was...
You found all the best sales and now you are ready to head home. Everything feels normal as you step onto the escalator. Then something changes. A loud mechanical snap...
Imagine landing on a planet where the surface looks frozen but burns hotter than your oven. Welcome to Gliese 436b, one of the strangest known planets in the universe...
Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...
This is not some harmless hair. It’s volcanic glass and it could turn your life into an itchy, blistering existence. Uh oh. Looks like today’s forecast is volcanic...
410 kilometers (254 miles) above the Earth. That’s where the International Space Station floats. What if you happened to be all the way up here but suddenly fell...
In the dense forests of Australia lives one of the most extraordinary sound imitators in the animal kingdom, a bird capable of copying almost any noise it hears with...
Pluto has long been one of the most debated celestial bodies in our solar system. Once classified as the ninth planet, it was redefined in 2006 as a dwarf planet, a...
This is an F5 tornado, and it’s one of nature’s most destructive forces. Could you survive being sucked in? Yeah, imagine getting scooped up like a meat...
Cats are known for being independent, mysterious, and sometimes a little strange. They can ignore their owners for hours, knock objects off tables for no reason, and act...
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...
It’s the oldest question on Earth. Where did we come from? Some people may thank a creator from above, but what if the hand that created humanity wasn’t...
Imagine you had to experience an apocalypse every day. Volcanic eruptions, tsunamis, asteroid showers. Every day would be a struggle for survival. That’s because...
How many sea animals would face extinction? Could the corals rebuild themselves from scratch? How would this massive die-off affect humanity? Corals are not rocks. They...
Legend has it that somewhere beyond Neptune and Pluto, there is a ninth planet, with a mass that is five times greater than Earth’s. Planet Nine, also known by its...
