Starbucks could save the Amazon rainforest. Okay, maybe not completely, but it could help the Amazon rainforest regrow. And all Starbucks would need to do is dump some...
It looks like an ordinary fuzzy caterpillar resting on the trunk of a tree. But don’t let its harmless appearance fool you. This tiny insect is one of the most...
For more than four decades, scientists believed it was gone forever. No sightings. No evidence. No surviving populations. An entire species appeared to have vanished...
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The Blast Is Survivable, the Fallout Arriving Minutes Later Is What Gets Most People
You survived the flash. You survived the shockwave. You are standing miles from the blast, dazed but alive. You now have minutes, not hours, before the thing that...
A blizzard can turn an ordinary drive into a life threatening emergency within minutes. Heavy snowfall, strong winds, and near zero visibility make it almost impossible...
It’s been 100 Earth years since you settled on Mars. You’ve been through pain, loneliness and a lot of hard work. And now Mars is the new promised land everyone...
Life on Mars might be like this. You’d 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...
In order for Jupiter to crash into the Sun, something truly extraordinary would need to happen. Its orbit would need to be drastically altered by a gravitational...
The time for talk is over. Now the biggest countries on Earth are fighting for global supremacy. What would happen if the United States started World War III? Who would...
Right now, you are seeing the world through two lenses. Two. A fly is watching you through thousands. So let us run the experiment. Tonight you fall asleep as a normal...
As the largest animal to roam the Earth, you’d think such an impressive presence would be almost invincible. How did this titan of a creature finally meet its...
The mega-earthquake. It’s coming. We don’t know exactly when or how big it’s going to be, but it’s coming. It will be chaotic, and with millions...
Volcanic eruptions can be devastating. So what if we took extreme actions to prevent them? How could we drill into a volcano? What would be the benefits of doing this...
The crack was inside a single wheel, invisible from the outside, and inspectors kept missing it. It had been growing quietly for a long time before anyone paid a price...
During Earth’s early days, a gargantuan collision left our planet spinning at an angle. That slight incline allowed life as you know it to flourish. But what if this...
Earth is the only life-supporting planet in our Solar System. Until now. Today, we’re bringing Kepler 22-b into our planetary neighborhood. Where would this planet...
Who doesn’t love a good race? But this time you’re going headfirst at 132 km/h (80 mph) down an icy track. Only 2.5 cm (1 in) separates the hard cold ice from your...
Point a light at it and the light does not come back. Almost none of it, anyway. The skin of this fish absorbs up to 99.5 percent of everything that touches it, which...
Imagine walking down a busy city street and passing someone who looks almost human but not quite. They are shorter, broader, with a larger brow ridge and a more powerful...
The truth is out there. With thousands of sightings, theories and believers, the creature known as Bigfoot has become the stuff of legend. What if this fabled cryptid...
