The word nightmare comes from the Old English “mare,” and refers to a female evil spirit that sits on people’s chests and suffocates them during sleep. That sounds...
You’re 11 km (36,000 ft) up in the air, taking a nap in your seat. Suddenly, a scream wakes you up. You’re scared and disoriented. The passengers next...
Some of us like a good scratch. And some of us like to pick our noses. Why do we we even have these things? How would our grip be affected by them? And how not...
For billions of years, the Sun’s gravitational has kept Earth’s orbit on a steady and reliable path. But this rogue star has other plans for our planet. This...
It was an image that defined an era of space exploration. In 1969, an estimated 600 million people watched from their living rooms as Apollo 11’s Eagle lander...
This would be the journey of a lifetime, if you don’t mind riding through molten rock and crushing pressure. What would you see along the way? How long...
The undead apocalypse has begun. Thousands of undead corpses are chasing people on the streets, eating their flesh, and turning them into new brain-eating creatures...
You’re enjoying a walk with your dog in the forest. Suddenly, your dog senses something and starts barking at some bushes. All you can see is a snout and two big...
You’ve accidentally stumbled onto an old minefield. Surrounded by land mines buried somewhere in the ground, you don’t know where to step. One wrong...
Imagine if one day you looked up into the night sky, and saw Mars or Saturn where the Moon was supposed to be. That would sure turn our Earth into an alien world. And...
How often do you wash your sheets? Especially if you’re a single man between the ages of 18 and 25. Because according to one survey, half of this demographic only change...
Liquid nitrogen is a cryogenic liquid. They’re liquefied gases that can only stay liquid at extremely low temperatures. For example, liquid nitrogen boils...
They can be larger than your foot. They are carnivorous and prey in the dark, damp places. They’ll use their venomous pincers to bite you. And as the venom enters...
Could you imagine jumping from the kitchen window and diving into water? How fun would that be? For some people, sure. It seems unlikely, but it’s not as crazy as...
They’re difficult to see, and their 10-foot long barbed tentacles contain venom that’s so lethal it’s considered to be one of the deadliest creatures...
You’re an inmate in prison, and a riot breaks out in the lunchroom. Other inmates are hoping to overthrow the guards and escape. Everyone is pushing and shoving, and the...
The year is 2040. You hunker down with your fellow human survivors, listening for the sound of your enemy. The cyber-bugs have taken over. How did this happen? What...
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...
As the CEO and founder of Amazon, the multibillion dollar online shopping company, Jeff Bezos is the richest person on the planet. With a current net worth of $193.7...
Imagine if you could take in all of human history in the blink of an eye. Well, from the first steps on the moon to the first steps out of the slime, that’s...
