One day, we want to take humanity into space. But why don’t we start small? Take one solar power station, 10,000 people, and 10 million tons of crumbled Moon rock...
This pink, permanently smiling creature might look like something out of a cartoon, but it is very real. Known as the axolotl, this unusual animal has captured the...
When people imagine dangerous snakes, they usually picture dense jungles or scorching deserts. But some of the world’s most venomous snakes spend their entire...
Throughout history, certain murderers have committed crimes so horrifying that their names became permanently associated with fear. They often appeared ordinary on the...
Body-crushing pressure. Toxic atmospheres. Unbearable temperatures. That’s what would be in store if you visited other planets in our Solar System. But what other...
Most caves are dark, quiet places filled with rock formations and underground tunnels. But hidden beneath the jungles of Vietnam is a cave so enormous that it contains...
Fake news may seem like a modern problem created by the internet and social media, but historians have traced its origins back more than a century. Long before online...
Could humans suddenly growing to the size of dinosaurs be as catastrophic as the asteroid that wiped out the prehistoric giants? Would it even be a world ending event...
When people think about the world’s most venomous animals, images of deadly snakes, dangerous jellyfish, or poisonous scorpions usually come to mind. The saw...
What if all the oceans disappeared from the Earth’s surface? What would a world with no high seas look like? What would happen to all the creatures that...
In 1974, 18 year old Carol DaRonch was shopping at a mall in Murray, Utah, when a man approached her and claimed to be a police detective. He showed her what appeared to...
Right now, a wall of ice nearly two miles thick is covering the land where Chicago used to be. And it has been moving across the continent for 20,000 years without ever...
Imagine this: a tiny needle hurtling toward Earth at the speed of light. At first glance, it might sound like no big deal. After all, it’s just a needle. But in reality...
It’s the end of your shift. Like every night, you walk down a quiet street toward the bus station. But then you hear it. Footsteps behind you. You glance back and see...
Sharks are often imagined as lone predators ruling the ocean. But in reality, many of them travel with unexpected passengers. And among the strangest of these passengers...
Intense rainfall. Winds of 120 km/h (75mph) or higher. Storm surge. These are the signs of a hurricane. During its reign of terror, a hurricane can release as much...
Picture the most dangerous liquid you could possibly fall into. Most people think of boiling acid, or molten rock, or water swarming with something venomous. All...
Throughout history, there have been many incredible civilizations that have shaped the way we live today. One was Ancient Rome, a once majestic and thriving city whose...
Deep under Europa’s thick icy surface lies an ocean larger than all of Earth’s oceans combined. But it’s pretty useless way out there. Let’s ship that water back to...
13.8 billion years ago, the entire Universe emerged from one single point in space. This theory is known as the Big Bang. And it’s the most widely accepted story of the...
