Climbing the world’s tallest mountains is a daring adventure. But you’re about to make an epic extraterrestrial trek on the biggest mountain in the entire Solar...
A massive asteroid just hit Earth, right in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Thanks to NASA’s new infrared telescope, we were able to detect it and prepare for the...
Russia already takes up one-eighth of all of the inhabited land on the planet. And now it has its eyes on one of its European neighbors, Ukraine. Historically, Ukraine...
Greetings, future moonling. That’s right. You are among the first generation of children born on the Moon. How would your birth compare to every previous human’s...
Russia is already the largest country on Earth, stretching across Europe and Asia and covering more territory than any other nation. But what if a conflict involving...
What was that? Why is there a hole in my roof? And why am I covered in branches? They’re beautiful. They provide oxygen, and trees remove some harmful gases. But...
Do you know what’s worse than being tased? Being tased without any protection at all. Without the barrier of clothing, there is nothing between your skin and a high...
Humans have been around for a blink of Earth’s history. In that time we’ve come through ice ages, plagues, and every kind of disaster the planet could throw...
Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon with new missions that will push deeper into space than ever before. Each step brings us closer to long term living beyond...
It sounds impossible today, but in the 1930s, a Nazi movement existed inside the United States. While Nazi Germany was rising in Europe, American supporters of Adolf...
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...
What does wealth look like to you? Is it a hundred dollars? A thousand dollars? A million dollars? We can always go higher. But how much is too much? In today’s...
So, what exactly is hot ice? Well, it’s simple. It’s made by boiling baking soda, vinegar, and a little bit of water. From that, you get sodium acetate...
Until its closure in 2014, a dedicated area for inmates suffering from mental illnesses occupied the 9th floor of Miami-Dade County’s Pre-Trial Detention Center...
Radiation is all around us. If you’ve been on a plane or had an X-ray at the dentist, you’ve been exposed to tiny amounts of radiation. The radiation you’d receive...
Deep beneath the ocean surface, where sunlight disappears and strange creatures rule the darkness, a creature exists that looks like something from a legend. Its...
[dx_custom_adunit mobile_id=”RTK_v1lP”] What if your reality was nothing more than a complex computer simulation? And if you were just a program on someone...
Far beyond Earth, orbiting the giant planet Jupiter, lies one of the most fascinating places in the Solar System. At first glance, Europa appears to be nothing more than...
Alan Catterall arrived at work expecting another ordinary day at Pyranha Mouldings, a kayak manufacturing company in Cheshire, England. Instead, a routine cleaning task...
You may want to stay on the boat. This part of the ocean doesn’t belong to you. It belongs to this beast, the Atlantic goliath grouper. And if you wander too close...
