There’s a reason why the idea of aliens living at the bottom of the sea keeps popping up in popular culture. Many of us are far more afraid of what lies down there than...
Documentaries allow humans to view these spectacularly massive mammals up close in their natural environment. But as this crew learned, sometimes it’s better to...
Water boils at 100 degrees Celsius. Everyone learns that. Now go deep enough into the ocean and watch the rule break. Hydrothermal vents down there release water hotter...
As 2027 rapidly approaches, the global community stands on a razor-thin edge dividing existential hazards from era-defining scientific breakthroughs. From intensifying...
A huge gas giant suddenly appears in the sky. You look up in wonder. It’s beautiful. The second Saturn replaces our Moon in its orbit, Earth would just as suddenly...
Humanity is preparing to return to the Moon in ways not seen since the Apollo era. New missions like Artemis II represent a major step forward in space exploration, but...
Throughout human history, there have been rare moments when a single person stood between disaster and survival. These individuals were not superheroes or fictional...
Don’t be fooled by these gentle waves. These still waters hide a 20 million year death match between two prehistoric monsters. Grab some popcorn and a snorkel. You...
The monkeys have revolted. And not just with brute strength or violence. Primates have finally outsmarted humankind once and for all. It’s their planet now. How...
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35 Percent of Your Day Would Go to Growing Food, and Starvation Would Still Be Close
What if we took everything that sustains life on this planet, and shrunk it down to one small bubble? Earth’s biosphere stretches about 20 km (12 mi). From the...
Imagine Earth with an even 50/50 split between continents and oceans. Our planet covered half by land half by water. How would this change the planet as you know it...
A massive earthquake knocks you off your feet. There’s a blinding flash of white, and then you see a tsunami of lava rising on the horizon. A nuclear reaction has...
The Amazon rainforest is one of the largest forests on the globe and is so extensive that it is difficult to conceive of it ever vanishing. However, people are cutting...
For billions of years, Mars has remained one of Earth’s closest planetary neighbors, quietly orbiting the Sun hundreds of millions of kilometers away. But imagine...
The Titanosaur is no longer. 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...
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...
Imagine a world, where no woman could ask for an abortion. Even if she’d been sexually assaulted. Even if not having an abortion means her own life would be at...
Spanning more than 66 million years, the Cenozoic Era shaped the world we live in today. From the rise of mammals to the emergence of modern humans, this era tells a...
Do you find the time it takes Earth to spin around each day a little slow? Well, how about we speed things up? A lot. What would happen to the length of our day? What...
The thought of being swallowed by a whale sounds like something from an ancient legend rather than a real possibility. Tales of people disappearing into enormous sea...
