In 2021, the U.S. government released a report of alien sightings over the past 20 years. This report featured 144 sightings, mostly witnessed by military aviators. Only...
Militaries around the world are money-eating machines. And they keep getting more expensive. In 2019, the world spent $1.917 trillion on all the different militaries...
The ocean is often described as Earth’s last great frontier, a vast and mysterious world that continues to challenge even the most experienced explorers. In May...
Would you ever venture into the ocean if you knew this creature could be lurking beneath you? It’s twice the size of a T. rex, its jaws are big enough to crush...
July 1969 changed humanity’s understanding of what was possible. When Apollo 11 reached the lunar surface, millions of people around the world watched the event unfold...
Deep in the north lies Beachy Island, one of the most important historical locations in the Arctic. Practically uninhabitable, the remote island has nevertheless become...
Minus 71.2 degrees Celsius. That’s the record low in a village where roughly 500 people live year round. At that temperature, skin exposed to the air freezes...
It’s almost as old as the Universe, and as massive as 34 billion Suns. It eats stars for breakfast. And now it’s about to consume our own. Behold, the great...
Even if you weren’t 1.5 billion km (900 million mi) away from Earth, starting a community is extremely hard. Luckily for you, we’re here to help you work out the kinks...
Corner a black widow and it runs. Corner a Sydney funnel web and it rises onto its back legs, exposes its fangs, and strikes again and again. That single difference in...
They’re fast. They’re sticky. And they are deadly. These lizards can chase you on land, water and even air. Their camouflage helps them hide in the wild...
Keep your friends close and your rivals even closer. China and Russia have one of the most complicated relationships in the world. They share a massive border, cooperate...
Imagine the Sun releasing a burst of energy so powerful it could knock out power grids, stop airplanes mid flight, and push our world back into the dark ages. This is...
Imagine a world where you could move objects with your mind, cure cancer with microscopic machines, or even live to be 1,000 years old. The future of science is...
Deep beneath the United States lies one of the most powerful volcanic systems on Earth. Yellowstone is not a typical volcano sitting on a mountain peak. It is a...
The Big Rip, the ultimate fate of our Universe. It will be a cosmic event that will tear apart galaxies, one by one. Stars, planets, you, everything will be eviscerated...
Are you ready for the trip of a lifetime? Because this not so little machine is about to take you on one. A trip back in time. What would you need for this time travel...
They’re fast. They’re ruthless. And they’re hungry. Their sharp teeth can destroy you in seconds. And no, playing dead will not fool them. It’s...
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...
In 2018, the Earth had about 1,730 billion barrels in crude oil reserves, with oil companies pumping out about 94.7 million barrels each day. The Wall Street Journal...

