Imagine watching your entire world burn to the ground in less time than it takes to make a cup of coffee. That’s what a security camera just recorded in Spain, as...
Every time you go to sleep, there could be thousands of these thirsty critters sucking your blood, growing and growing. And yes, they will kill you if you let them. So...
It’s invisible, deadly and sucking up every bit of matter in its path. The most massive black hole in the known Universe is headed right toward Earth. What would you see...
Bungee jumping from the Victoria Falls Bridge has been on your bucket list for years. But as you look down, from high over the water, this lifelong dream feels like it...
Space tourism is happening now. Soon enough, you might be able to take your own vacation into the cosmos. What would your travel experience be like? What would you see...
Parasites are creatures that need a host organism to feed on, survive in and sometimes reproduce inside. And guess what? The human body is a favorite neighborhood for...
Whether it’s Apple, Microsoft, or Yahoo, only one tech giant has reigned supreme when it comes to our search engines. Google. It’s so dominant around the...
Hey, who threw that? Oh no. It’s a pack of angry chimpanzees, and they’re coming for you. There’s no way that you can outrun them. They’re too fast. So...
You’re wading in a pond in the Amazon Rainforest when something slimy brushes against your leg. Then you feel another one. And another. You look down to see that...
You’ve tried Chess boxing, Kabbadi, and cheese rolling. And now your pursuit for crazy sports has brought you to Death Diving. Now, you’re 10 m (33 ft) high...
You would live in giant glass domes, and grow small portions of food inside. And if you happen to go outside, it would be in your big clunky spacesuit, and you...
Have you ever wondered what dinosaurs were afraid of? What creature, in the Cretaceous period, made taking a drink of water a dangerous gamble? I’m talking about...
635 light-years from where you are sitting, way out in outer space, lies a planet. The first planet to be discovered inside the habitable zone of a Sun-like star. Its...
Imagine drifting toward Saturn with nothing but a viewport between you and open space. At first, the planet seems almost peaceful, a soft golden globe wrapped in thin...
Saving the Great Barrier Reef Costs $60 Million, and You Would Still Have $99.9 Billion Left
Saving the Great Barrier Reef would cost an estimated $60 million. Put that number next to $100 billion and something strange happens. Rescue the largest living...
What if the Universe is an illusion? What if your reality is not what it seems to be? What if you are you’re just a 2D projection stretched on the surface of a...
The Blue Flash Was the First Warning, and Within Days His Body Began Losing the Ability to Heal
The accident began with a flash of blue light. For Hisashi Ouchi, a 35 year old worker at a nuclear fuel processing facility in Tokaimura, Japan, that brief glow marked...
On August 24, 2013, Noah Graham went camping with his girlfriend and four others at Camp Winnibigoshish in Minnesota. The group had set up their tents and were hanging...
Scientists have discovered many planets similar to Earth beyond our solar system. These exoplanets can be up to 10 times larger than Earth, which might be ideal for our...
Imagine a world where the United States never existed as a single nation. Instead of one country stretching from the Atlantic to the Pacific, North America is divided...

