The Centers for Disease Control claims that 1 in 3 antibiotic prescriptions are unnecessary. Unnecessary antibiotics cause the body to build up a resistance to those...
Are all of your memories real? Did everything happen the way you remember it? What if somebody filled your brain with memories that aren’t yours? Would you be able...
Forget the idea of a flat Earth and imagine instead an Earth shaped like a giant slice of pizza. At first glance, it might seem amusing and even delicious to picture...
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The Moon Is Shrinking Earth to a Quarter of Its Gravity, and Our Air Is Slipping Away
Our atmosphere stays where it is for one simple reason. Earth is heavy enough to hold it down. Take that mass away and the air begins drifting off into space, quietly...
Imagine waking up tomorrow in a timeline where Thomas Edison was never born. No Wizard of Menlo Park. No mountain of patents. No famous inventor dominating the headlines...
When scientists search for life beyond Earth, Mars usually gets most of the attention. But another world may offer an even better chance of finding extraterrestrial...
Some people alive today have implants that let them perceive sound. Others carry devices that let them sense changes in atmospheric pressure. Now push that forward a few...
Our world is sleep-deprived. In the last century, people slept an average of nine hours per night. Today, more than half the world’s population gets by on less...
Doesn't it suck having a noisy neighbor? Or constantly running into your ex? We all need personal space, but often find we can't get enough. Don't you wish the world was...
Twenty million years ago, the oceans were dominated by one of the most formidable predators in Earth’s history: the Megalodon. This massive shark, the largest ever known...
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Two Giants Are Circling the Heart of Our Galaxy, and One Is About to Devour the Other
At the center of the Milky Way sits a supermassive black hole called Sagittarius A*, and it has been feeding on nearby stars for a very long time. That alone would be...
Black holes are often imagined as cosmic vacuum cleaners, devouring everything in their path, but what would actually happen if you dared to venture into one even for...
Imagine landscapes across the world suddenly filled with people planting trees. Fields, hills, damaged forests, and abandoned land would become part of the largest...
When most people think about encountering a snake, they imagine one slithering through grass, rocks, or a dark corner on the ground. But some of the most dangerous...
Experimenting on animals is a dark side of science and research. And most of us try not to think about the animals that experienced the horrors of testing when we buy...
The spines on their tail are sharp enough to pierce through a wooden boat. Their venom can kill human cells and tissues. And as it enters your body, you’ll experience...
Returning for a second term in office, President Trump promised to crack down on illegal immigration using ICE – the U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement...
People are fighting over it in grocery stores all around North America. Some are selling it to make an immense profit. No, this isn’t the scene of some crazy...
If you happened to wander into the Nevada desert and stumbled upon the secret U.S. military base, Area 51, you’d quickly be arrested, killed, or maybe even...
First up, it’s the star-spangled nation that is no stranger to battle. It’s the United States of America! The U.S. spends so much on its military that its...
