North Korea runs one of the most secretive prison systems on Earth. Labor training centers, re education camps, and at the most severe level, political prison camps...
Most people have heard of shooting stars, but those aren’t actually stars. They are tiny pieces of rock burning through Earth’s atmosphere. A real star...
Leopard attacks on humans have a long and disturbing history in India. Between 1875 and 1912, thousands of people were reportedly killed by leopards across the country...
On the morning of March 20, 1995, millions of commuters packed into Tokyo’s subway system just as they did every weekday. Trains arrived on schedule. Office...
Unlike Earth, which is securely orbiting the Sun, there are billions of rogue planets drifting through the Milky Way with no star to call home. These worlds were likely...
On March 25, 2017, 25 year old farmer Akbar Salubiro headed out to harvest crops in Indonesia. It was an ordinary day of work, and there was nothing to suggest that he...
Space tourism is much closer than you may think. The International Space Station will soon retire from its successful run through low Earth orbit. But humanity’s...
The Amazon is a huge and highly unexplored territory, five times larger than the state of Texas. 10% of Earth’s wildlife we know about inhabits this jungle. And if...
Washington, D.C. is more than just the capital of the United States. It is the center of American political power, home to the White House, Congress, the Supreme Court...
Buildings are being destroyed, animals are dying, and trees are not able to grow. All because of rain? Wait, I thought we needed this stuff. Well, it’s not just...
Located on the border of Ontario, Canada, and New York State, this amazing waterfall system is comprised of three different waterfalls with a combined width of 1,204 m...
First off, we’re going to have to be a Type 1 civilization. Then collectively, we can use all the energy available on our planet. It also gets rid of the monotony of...
One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...
Betelgeuse is one of the most famous stars in the night sky. Sitting on the shoulder of the Orion constellation, this enormous red supergiant is nearly 950 times wider...
For centuries, humanity has searched for new ways to produce more energy. We have used fire, coal, oil, nuclear power, wind, and sunlight to fuel our progress. Every...
There are over one million volcanoes on our ocean floor. And all of them suddenly started spewing out red-hot molten rock. The ocean is filling with lava. And nothing...
Hello, tovarisch. Welcome to the U.S.S.S., where we drink vodka for breakfast. Where we cuddle our pet bears in our backyards. And where, instead of taking a morning...
Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...
The Sun produces more energy in a single second than humanity has used throughout its entire history. Every day, it releases an unimaginable amount of power, but most of...
10. Upload The age-old question of “what happens after we die” is at the heart of Amazon’s “Upload,” a show about a man who dies and his consciousness is resurrected in...
