Stepping into Earth as it existed 200 million years ago would feel less like time travel and more like arriving on an entirely different world. There are no cities, no...
How long would something like this take? Why would this change the weather? And how hot would Earth get? If you think something like this is impossible because we...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Humans have many friends in the animal kingdom, but when it comes to crowning a best friend, dogs are the consensus...
When it comes to planets in our Solar System’s habitable zone, one world is too close to the Sun, another is too far and Earth is just right. But maybe things...
It might be the worst date on your weekly calendar, but it’s a date that you definitely don’t want to stand up. Garbage Day. You tie it all up into...
For whatever reason, you are the last human on Earth. So what do you do? Eat like a king? Move into Buckingham Palace? Drive fast? Blow things up? Be naked all the time...
Welcome to the Qinghai-Tibet Plateau, the “Roof of the World.”It’s home to the world’s tallest mountain, Mount Everest. But also the longest, deepest canyon on the...
Let’s make every meal, ice cream only. That’s right. For the next few months, you will eat only ice cream. Sounds delicious. Which ice cream would be best...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] Welcome to a world of teleportation! Where you can wake up in a remote corner of the world, teleport to work in...
Space has lots of different things in it. Planets, nebulas, asteroids, the list goes on. So what would happen if we got rid of a single planet? Specifically, our largest...
For centuries, the Amazon rainforest has been seen as one of the last truly unexplored places on Earth. Covering millions of square kilometers, it is home to countless...
Over 300 million years ago, before the age of giant dinosaurs, Earth was covered with giant insects. Imagine a world where dragonflies are the size of crows and...
Betelgeuse is one of the closest stars to Earth, at a distance of only 650 light-years away. This makes Betelgeuse a fan-favorite with professional and amateur...
If you were to drill straight down into Mars, what would you find? Would the red planet reveal its true colors? Would you finally discover life on Mars? And how...
You put on your shoe and feel a burning pain in your foot right away. Your whole leg starts feeling stiff. The room spins as your vision blurs, and your stomach clenches...
A former KGB agent, Vladimir Putin, likes to project what he considers to be a masculine image. Reports state his obsession with returning Russia to the former glory...
It’s the middle of the night, and you hear a squeaking sound coming from your attic. You get up to investigate, and as soon as you pull the attic ladder down, a...
You’ve probably heard of wormholes from Thor, Interstellar, Star Trek, or if you’re really old school, Albert Einstein. In 1935, Albert Einstein and...
Just four light-years from Earth lies the closest known exoplanet, Proxima Centauri b. It has captured imaginations because it could be one of the first exoplanets where...
For 20 years, Russian scientists and engineers drilled deeper and deeper, hoping to uncover whatever mysteries the hole may hold, earning it the ominous nickname of...
